Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Arbitrium

[law latin] an award; a decision of an arbitrator.

Arbitrium est judicium.

An award is a judgment.

in arbitrium judicis

[Latin] At the decision or discretion of the judge.

nullum arbitrium

n. [Law Latin "no decision"] Hist. In an action to enforce an arbitration bond, a plea denying the existence of an arbitration award.

nullum fecerunt arbitrium

[Latin "they never submitted to arbitration"] Hist. In an action to enforce an arbitration award, the defendant's plea denying that there had been an arbitration.