Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Capitalis
n. [Latin "chief"] Hist. A principal (or chief) person, object, or judicial proceeding.
Capitalism
n. An economic system that depends on the private ownership of the means of production and on competitive forces to determine what is produced. - capitalist, adj. & n.
Dominus capitalis loco haeredis habetur, quoties per defectum vel delictum extinguitur sanguis sui tenentis
The supreme lord takes the place of the heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime.
capitalis
adj. [Latin] 1. Roman law. (Of a crime) punishable by death, loss of liberty, or loss of citizenship. See CAPUT. 2. Hist. (Of a person or judicial proceeding) that is principal or chief.
capitalis baro
[Latin "chief baron"] Hist. The chief baron of the Court of Exchequer. See CHIEF BARON.
capitalis custos
[Latin "chief guardian"] Hist. 1. A chief warden or magistrate. 2. Loosely, a mayor.
capitalis dominus
[Latin "chief lord"] Hist. A tenant's immediate lord; CHIEF LORD.
capitalis justiciarius
[Latin "chief justiciary"] Hist. The principal minister of state who governed when the king traveled abroad. 9 By the 13th century the duties of office were more judicial than political. See JUSTICIARY (2).
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.
capitalis justiciarius totius Anglise
[Latin] Hist. Chief justice of all England. ( This was the title of the presiding justice in the court of aula regis.
capitalis plegius
[Latin "chief pledge"] Hist. 1. A chief pledge or surety. 2. BORSHOLDER.
capitalis terra
[Latin "head-land"] Hist. A piece of land lying before, or at the head of, other land.