Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Article
ub. 1. To bring charges against by an exhibition of articles. 2. To be an articled clerk.
Article 1 Court
See legislative court.
Article 111 Court
See ARTICLE III COURT.
Article 15
see nonjudicial punishment under punishment.
Article i court
see legislative court under court.
Article ii judge
a u.s. bankruptcy judge or magistrate judge appointed for a term of years as authorized by congress under article ii of the u.s. constitution. 28 usca §§ 151 et seq., 631 et seq.
Article iii court
a federal court that, deriving its jurisdiction from u.s. const. Art. Iii, § 2, hears cases arising under the constitution and the laws and treaties of the united states, cases in which the united states is a party, and cases between the states and between citizens of different states.
Article iii judge
a u.s. supreme court, court of appeals, or district court judge appointed for life under article iii of the u.s. constitution.
Article of manufacture
see manufacture.
Articled clerk
english law. A clerk who works for a solicitor in exchange for learning the profession; a clerk bound by articles of apprenticeship.
Articles of amendment
a document filed to effectuate an amendment or change to a corporation's articles of incorporation.
Articles of apprenticeship
hist. A contract under which a minor agrees to work for a master for a specified time in exchange for learning a trade.
Articles of association
1. Articles of incorporation. 2. A document - similar to articles of incorporation - that legally creates a nonstock or nonprofit organization.
Articles of confederation
the instrument that governed the association of the 13 original states from march 1, 1781 until the adoption of the u.s. constitution. ( they were prepared by the continental congress, submitted to the states in 1777, and later ratified by representatives of the states empowered by their respective legislatures for that purpose.
Articles of dissolution
a document that a dissolving corporation must file with the appropriate governmental agency, usu. The secretary of state, after the corporation has settled all its debts and distributed all its assets.
Articles of impeachment
a formal document alleging the specific charges against a public official and the reasons for removing that official from office. ( it is similar to an indictment in a criminal proceeding. See impeachment.
Articles of incorporation
a document that sets forth the basic terms of a corporation's existence, including the number and classes of shares and the purposes and duration of the corporation. ( in most states, the articles of incorporation are filed with the secretary of state as part of the process of forming the corporation. In some states, the articles serve as a certificate of incorporation and are the official recognition of the corporation's existence. In other states, the government issues a certificate of incorporation after approving the articles and other required documents. - also termed articles of association; articles of organization; certificate of incorporation. Cf. Bylaw (1); charter (3).
Articles of organization
see articles of in. Corporation.
Articles of partnership
see partnership agreement.
Articles of the clergy
hist. A statute enacted in 1315 to settle the jurisdictions of the ecclesiastical and temporal courts. - also termed articuli cleri.
Articles of the eyre
(air). Hist. A series of questions put to the members of a community by the justices in eyre to discover what breaches of the law had occurred during the court's absence. ( the inquiry enabled the justices to fine criminal behavior and to raise revenue for the crown through the levying of penalties. See eyre. C. Chapiter.
Articles of the peace
english law. A sworn complaint in which a person alleges that a named person poses a threat to the complainant's person, family, or property.
Articles of union
hist. The 25 articles agreed to by the english and scottish parliaments in 1707 for the union of the two kingdoms.
Articles of war
the body of laws and procedures that governed the u.s. military until replaced in 1951 by the uniform code of military justice.
Judicial Article
Article III of the U.S. Constitution, which creates the Supreme Court, vests in Congress the right to create inferior courts, provides for life tenure for federal judges, and specifies the powers and jurisdiction of the federal courts.
Proprietary article
(often pl.) A product manufactured under an exclusive right to sell it. 2. A separate and distinct part (as a clause or stipulation) of a writing, esp. In a contract, statute, or constitution <article iii>. 3. (pl.) An instrument containing a set of rules or stipulations <articles of war> <articles of incorporation. 4. A nonfictional literary composition forming an independent part of a publication, such as a law review or journal <a well-researched article>.
marriage article
A premarital stipulation between spouses who intend to incorporate the stipulation in a postnuptial agreement.
memorandum articles
Marine insurance. Goods described in the memorandum clause. See MEMORANDUM CLAUSE.
proprietary article
See ARTICLE.
shipping articles
Maritime law. A document (provided by a master of a vessel to the mariners) detailing voyage information, such as the voyage term, the number of crew, and the wage rates. 46 USCA § 10302.
unitive articles
Military law. Articles 77-134 in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (These articles list the crimes in the militaryjustice system.