Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ase.
Abbr. American stock exchange.
Bargain purchase.
see bargain sale
Whitehorse case. Slang
A reported case with (acts virtually identical to those of the instant. case, so that the disposition of the reported case should determine the outcome of the in stant case. - Also termed horse case; goose case gray mule case CF. ON ALL FOURS.
action on the case.
See trespass on the case under TRESPASS.
active case.
A case that is still pending.
frank-chase.
Hist. Free chase; a person's liberty or right to hunt or log within a certain area. ( Others holding land within the frank-chase area were forbidden from hunting or logging in it. See CHASE.
full payout lease.
See finance lease under LEASE.
full-service lease.
See LEASE.
functional disease.
See DISEASE.
graduated lease.
See LEASE.
gray mule case.
See WHITEHORSE CASE.
gross lease.
See LEASE.
ground lease.
See LEASE.
ground-rent lease.
See ground lease under LEASE.
hard case.
A lawsuit involving equities that tempt a judge to stretch or even disregard a principle of law at issue - hence the expression, "Hard cases make bad law."
headlease.
A primary lease under which a sublease has been granted. - Also spelled head lease. - Also termed primary lease; chief lease.
horse case.
See WHITEHORSE CASE.
industrial disease.
See OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
mineral lease.
See LEASE.
occupational disease.
A disease that is contracted as a result of exposure to debilitating conditions or substances in the course of employment. ( Employees who suffer from occupational diseases are eligible for workers' compensation. Courts have construed the term to include a variety of ailments, including lung conditions (such as asbestosis or black lung), hearing loss, and carpal tunnel syndrome. -Also termed industrial disease. "Certain diseases and infirmities which develop gradually and imperceptibly as a result of engaging in particular employments and which are generally known and understood to be usual incidents or hazards thereof, are distinguished from those having a traumatic origin, or otherwise developing suddenly and unexpectedly, by the terms occupational,' and 'industrial.'" 82 Am. Jur. 2d Workers' Compensation ยง 326 (1992).
operating lease.
See LEASE.
organic disease.
A disease that is caused by an injury to, or lesion or malfunction in, an organ.