Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Articuli

n. [latin] articles; items. ( this term was applied to several english statutes and treatises.

Articuli cleri

[law latin] see articles of the clergy.

Articuli magnae chartae

n. [latin] hist. The 49 preliminary articles on which magna carta was founded.

Articuli super cartas

[law latin "articles upon the charters"] hist. A statute passed in 1300 to confirm and enlarge many particulars of magna carta and the forest charter.

super statuto de articulis cleri

n. [Law Latin] Hist. A writ against a sheriff who unlawfully distrains goods.