Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Calendar
ub. 1. To place an important event on a calendar, esp. so that the event will be remembered. 2. To place a case on a calendar.
Gregorian calendar.
See NEW STYLE.
Julian calendar
See OLD STYLE. 2. A court's list of civil or criminal cases. court calendar See COURT CALENDAR.
calendar call
A court session in which the judge calls each case awaiting trial, determines its status, and assigns a trial date.
calendar day
A consecutive 24-hour day running from midnight to midnight. - Also termed natural day.
calendar month
See MONTH.
calendar motion
A motion relating to the time of court appearances. ( Examples include motions to continue, motions to advance, and motions to reset.
calendar year
See YEAR.
consent calendar
1. A schedule of informal hearings involving a child, usu. arranged when it appears that the child's best interests will be served, if the case is heard informally. ( The child and all interested parties must first consent before the case goes on the consent calendar. 2. A list of legislative bills that, having no anticipated objection, may be enacted into law without a vote. 9 The term also applies to a similar list maintained by an administrative agency. - Also termed (in sense 2) unanimousconsent calendar.
court calendar
A list of matters scheduled for trial or hearing; DOCKET (2).
special calendar
A calendar marked with court cases that have been specially set for hearing or trial. See special setting under SETTING. 3. A list of bills reported out of a legislative committee for consideration by the entire legislature.
trial calendar
See DOCKET (2).
unanimous-consent calendar
See CONSENT CALENDAR (2).