Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Bankbook
see passbook
Black Book of the Exchequer.
Hist. A record book containing treaties, conventions, charters. papal bulls, and other English state document. It dates from the 13th century. - Also termed Liber Niger Paruus.
Blue Book. 1.
A compilation of session laws. See SESSION LAWS (2). 2. A volume formerly published to give parallel citation tables for a volume in the National Reporter System. 3. English law. A government publication, such as a Royal Commission report, issued in blue paper covers.
Bluebook.
The citation guide - formerly titled A Uniform System of Citation - that is generally considered the authoritative reference for American legal citations. 0 The book's complete title is The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Although it has been commonly called the Bluebook for decades, the editors officially included Bluebook in the title only in the mid-1990x. The book is compiled by the editors of the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal.
Book
ub. 1. To record in a book (as a sale or accounting item) <Jenkins booked three sales that day>. 2. To record the name of (a person arrested) in a sequential list of police arrests, with details of the person's identity (usu. including a photograph and a fingerprint), particulars about the alleged offense, and the name of the arresting officer <the defendant was booked immediately after arrest>. 3. To engage (someone) contractually as a performer or guest <although the group was booked for two full performances, the lead singer, Raven, canceled and this action ensued>. See BOOKING CONTRACT. book account See ACCOUNT.
Bookie
See BOOKMAKER.
Bookkeeping
n. The mechanical recording of debits and credits or the summarizing of financial information, usu. about a business enterprise. Cf. ACCOUNTING. double-entry bookkeeping. A method of bookkeeping in which every transaction recorded by a business involves one or more "debit" entries and one or more "credit" entries. 0 The debit entries must equal the credit entries for each transaction recorded.
Bookmaker
A person who determines odds and receives bets on the outcome of events, esp. sports events. See BOOKMAKING.
Bookmaking
Gambling that entails the taking and recording of bets on an event, such as a horse race.
Books of Adjournal
Scots law. The records of the High Court of Justiciary.
Casebook
A compilation of extracts from instructive cases on a particular subject, usu. with commentary and questions about the cases, designed as a teaching aid. Cf HORNBOOK.
Daybook
A merchant's original record of daily transactions.
Domesday Book
The census or survey, ordered by William the Conqueror and substantially completed in 1086, of England', landholdings, buildings, people, and livestock. - Abbr. D.B. - Also spelled Doomsdov Book.
Doombook
See DOME BOOK.
Doomsday book.
See DOMESDAY BOOK.
Formbook
A book that contains sample legal documents, esp. transaction-related documents such as contracts, deeds, leases, wills, trusts, and securities disclosure documents.
Lawbook
A book, usu. a technical one, about the law; esp., a primary legal text such as a statute book or book that reports caselaw. - Also spelled law book.
Logbook
1. A ship's or aircraft's journal containing an account of each trip, often with a history of events during the voyage. 2. Any journal or record of events.
Passbook
A depositor's book in which a bank records all the transactions on an account. -Also termed bankbook.
Year Books
Hist. Books of cases anonymously and fairly regularly reported covering primarily the period from the reign of Edward I to the time of Henry VIII. ( The title "Year Books" derives from their being grouped under the regnal years of the sovereigns in whose reigns the reported cases were cited. The reports were probably originally prepared by law teachers and students and later by professional reporters or scribes. - Also written Year-Books; yearbooks; yearbooks. - Also termed terms.
account book
A journal in which a business's transactions are recorded. See SHOP BOOKS.
action of book debt
See ACCOUNTING (4)
action of book debt.
See ACCOUNTING (4).
adjusted book value
Inventory value adjusted to reflect the inventory's current actual value.
adjusted book value.
See BOOK VALUE.
blue books.
See SESSION LAWS.
book account
A detailed statement of debits and credits giving a history of an enterprise's business transactions.
book entry
1 A notation made in an accounting journal. 2. The method of reflecting ownership of publicly traded securities whereby a customer of a brokerage firm receives confirmations of transactions and monthly statements, but not stock certificates. See CENTRAL CLEARING SYSTEM. book-entry bond See BOND (3),
book equity
The percentage of a corporation's book value allocated to a particular class of stock. Cf. BOOK VALUE; MARKET EQUITY.
book of original entry
A day-to-day record in which a business's transactions are first recorded.
book value
See BOOK VALUE.
book-entry bond
A bond for which no written certificate is issued to reflect ownership. callable bond. See redeemable bond.
book-value stock
Stock offered to executives at a book-value price, rather than at its market value. ( The stock is offered with the understanding that when its book value has risen, the company will buy back the stock at the increased price or will make payments in stock equal to the increased price.
booking contract
An agreement by which an actor or other performer is engaged.
bookland
Hist. Land held under charter or deed; freehold land. 0 This was a privileged form of ownership (usu. free of the customary burdens on land) generally reserved for churches and leaders. - Also spelled bocland; bockland. - Also termed charter-land. Cf. LOANLAND; FOLKLAND.
books of account
See SHOP BOOKS.
casebook method
An inductive system of teaching law in which students study specific cases to learn general legal principles. Professor Christopher C. Langdell introduced the technique at Harvard Law School in 1869. The casebook method is now the most widely used form of instruction in American law schools. -:11so termed case method; case system; Langdell method. Cf. HORNBOOK METHOD.
cash book
An account book of all cash received and paid out by a business.
color book.
Archaic. Int'l law. An official compilation of diplomatic documents and internal papers and reports of a government, the purpose of which is to inform the legislature and the public about foreign policy, esp. during foreign crises. & Color books reached their height of popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They are now little used in most countries.
corporate books
Written records of a corporation s activities and business transation
cost-book mining company
An association of persons organized for the purpose of working mines or lodes, whose capital stock is divided into shares that are transferable without the consent of other members. ( The management of the mine is entrusted to an agent called a purser.
demurrer book
A record of the demurrer issue used by the court and counsel in argument.
dome book
n. [fr. Saxon dombec] Hist. A code, compiled under Alfred, containing maxims of common law, judicial forms, and criminal penalties.( The code existed until the reign of Edward IV when it was lost -Also termed doombook; domboc; liber judicialis of Alfred.
double-entry bookkeeping
See BOOKKEEPING.
field book
A log or book containing a surveyor's notes that are made on-site and that describe by course and distance the running of the property lines and the establishment of the corners.
hornbook method.
A method of legal instruction characterized by a straightforward presentation of legal doctrine, occasionally interspersed with questions. a The hornbook method predominates in civil-law countries, and in certain fields of law, such as procedure and evidence. - Also termed lecture method. Cf CASEBOOK METHOD; SOCRATIC METHOD.
hornbook.
1. A book explaining the basics of a given subject. 2. A textbook containing the rudimentary principles of an area of law. Cf. CASEBOOK. "Hornbook . . . The first book of children, covered with horn to keep it unsoiled." Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755). hornbook law. See BLACKLETTER LAW.
invoice book.
A journal into which invoices are copied.
judgment book
See judgment docket under DOCKET.
kissing the Book
Hist. The practice of touching one's lips to a copy of the Bible (esp. the New Testament) after taking an oath in court. 0 This practice - formerly used in England -was replaced by the practice of placing one's hand on the Bible while swearing.