Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Banc
[french] bench. See en banc.
Banco
1. A seat or bench of justice. See en banc. 2: a tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river's course; esp., land that has become cut off in such a manner from the country it originally belonged to. See avulsion
Bancus
[law latin "bench"] hist. English law. A court or tribunal.
Bancus reginae
See queen's bench.
Bancus regis
see king's bench.
Bancus superior
upper bench. ( the king's bench was so called during the protectorate (1653-1659). - abbr. B.s. - also termed bancus publicus ("public bench").
Disturbance
n. 1. An act causing annoyance or disquiet, or interfering with a person's pursuit of a lawful occupation or the peace and order of a neighborhood, community, or meeting. 2. At common law, a wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament by hindering the owner's enjoyment of it.
Enbancworthy
adj. Slang. Worthy of being considered en bane <the Fifth Circuit conclud-ed that two of the four issues are truly enbancworthy>. - enbancworthiness, n.
capitalis justiciarius banci
[Latin] Chief justice of the bench. ( This phrase - which dates from the 13th century - referred to the chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
de banco
Law Latin] Of the bench. ( In England, the term applied to justices of the Court of Common Pleas.
dies communes in banco
n. [Law Latin "common days in banc"] 1. Regular appearance dates in court. - Also termed common-return days. 2. An enactment printed under the Statutes of Henry III, regulating continuances and writ return dates. 0 Examples include the Statutes of the Realm, Statutes of Uncertain Date, and Statutes at Large.
dies datus in banco
n. [Law Latin "a day given in the bench"] A day given in bank, as distinguished from a day at nisi prius.
dies in banco.
See DAYS IN BANK.
disturbance of common
At common law, a wrongful interference with, or impediment to, another's right to commonable property, such as a wrongful fencing or surcharge on the common."The disturbance of common comes next to be considered; where any act is done, by which the right of another to his common is incommoded or diminished. This may happen, in the first place, where one who hath no right of common, puts his cattle into the la
disturbance of franchise
At common law, a wrongful interference with a liberty or privilege."Disturbance of franchises happens when a man has ~!. franchise of holding a court-feet, of keeping a fair •market, of free-warren, of taking toll, of seizing waifs of estrays, or (in short) any other species of franch, ;,whatsoever, and he is disturbed or incommoded in ts-,~-lawful exercise thereof" 3 William Blac';st,.ne , C .r: . r< taries on the Laws of England 236 (176f:
disturbance of public worship
Any conduct that interferes with the peaceful, lawful assembly of people for religious exercises.
disturbance of tenure
A stranger's ouster of a tenant from a tenancy. 0 The tenant's lord could recover damages for the ouster.
disturbance of the peace
See BREACH OF THE PEACE.
disturbance of ways.
An impediment to a person's lawful right-of-way, as by an obstruction.
en banc
[Law French "on the bench"] adv. & adj. With all judges present and participating; in full court <the court heard the case en bane> <an en bane rehearing>. - Also spelled in banc; in bank. -Also termed in banco.
en banc sitting
A court session in which all the judges (or a quorum) participate. See EN BANC.
family disturbance
See DOMESTIC DISPUTE.
francus bancus.
See FREE BENCH,
in banc.
See EN BANC
in banco
See EN BANC.
jus banci
n. [Law Latin "right of bench"] Hist. The right or privilege of having an elevated and separate seat of judgment, formerly allowed only to the king's judges, who administered what was from then on called "high justice."
liber bancus
See FREE BENCH.