Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
BCD special court-martial
A special court-martial in which a possible punishment is a bad-conduct discharge (a "BCD").
Bcd
special court-martial. See court-martial.
Bcd.
see bad-conduct discharge under discharge.
CD
abbr. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT.
McDonnell Douglas test
Employment law. The principle for applying a shifting burden of proof in employment-discrimination cases, essentially requiring the plaintiff to come forward with evidence of discrimination and the defendant to come forward with evidence showing that the employment action complained of was taken for nondiscriminatory reasons. ( Under this test, the plaintiff is first required to establish a prima facie case of discrimination, as by showing that the plaintiff is a member of a protected group and suffered an adverse employment action. If the plaintiff satisfies that burden, then the defendant must articulate a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the employment action complained of. If the defendant satisfies that burden, then the plaintiff must prove that the defendant's stated reason is just a pretext for discrimination and that discrimination was the real reason for the employment action. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817 (1973).
Officia judicialin non conccdantur anti, quam uacent
Judicial offices ought not be granted before they are vacant.
episcoporum ecdicus
[Latin] Eccles. law. A bishop's proctor; a church lawyer.