Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Aedilcare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat

It is not lawful to build upon one's own land what may be injurious to another.

Care

n. 1. Serious attention; heed <written with care>. 2. Under the law of negligence, the conduct demanded of a person in a given situation. 0 Typically, this involves a person's giving attention both to possible dangers, mistakes, and pitfalls and to ways of ensuring that these risks do not materialize <standard of care>. See DEGREE OF CARE; REASONABLE PERSON.

Carelessness

n. 1. The fact, condition, or instance of a person's either not having done what he or she ought to have done, or having done what he or she ought not to have done. 2. A person's general disposition not to do something that ought to be done."The word 'carelessness' as a synonym for negligence can be committed by those who care deeply. A man may take all the care of which he is capable, and yet be accounted negligent for failing to reach the objective standard. He may honestly . . . believe that the facts are such that he is not imperilling anyone; but he may be held to have been negligent in arriving at that belief. An incompetent driver may be convicted of driving 'without due care and attention' even though he was doing his level best. The careless person is the person who does not take the care he ought to take: never mind whether he felt careful. He can be held to be negligent in making a perfectly honest mistake." Glanville Williams, Textbook of Criminal Law 44-45 (1978).

Cessa regnare, si non vis judicare

Cease to reign if you wish not to adjudicate.

Culpa caret qui scit sed prohibere non potest

A person is free of blame who knows but cannot prevent.

Disadvocare

[Law Latin To deny; to disavow

Ea est accipienda interpretatio quae crtio caret

That interpretation is to be receivi that is free from fault.

Illud quod alteri unitur extinguitur, neque amplius per se vacare licet.

That which is united to another is extinguished, nor can it again be detached.

In ambigua voce legis ea potius accipienda est significatio quae vitio caret; praesertim cum etiam voluntas legis ex hoc colligi possit.

In an ambiguous expression of the law, the meaning will be preferred that is free of defect, especially when the intent of the law can be gathered from it.

Incivile est, nisi tota lege prospecta, una aliqua particula ejus proposita, judicare vel respondere

It is improper, unless the whole law has been examined, to give judgment or advice upon any single clause of it.

Incivile est, nisi tota sententia inspecta, de aliqua parte judicare

It is improper to give an opinion on any part of a passage without examining the whole.

Injustum est, nisi tota lege inspecta, de una aliqua ejus particula proposita judicare vel respondere

It is unjust to give judgment or opinion concerning any particular clause of a law without having examined the whole law.

Judex debet judicare secundum allegata etprobata

The judge ought to give judgment according to the allegations and the proofs.

Judicis est judicare secundum allegata et probata

It is the proper role of a judge to decide according to the allegations and proofs.

Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus

To swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of religion.

Locare

ub. [Latin] Roman law. To let or hire out.

Medicare

A federal program - established under the Social Security Act - that provides health insurance for the elderly and the disabled.

Nemo potest contra recordum verilcare per patriam

No one can verify by the country against a record.( Certain matters of record cannot be contested in court. 2 Co. Inst. 380.

Notitia dicitur a noscendo; et notitia non debet claudicare

Notice is named from knowledge; and notice ought not to limp (that is, be imperfect).

Pacare

vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To pay.

Rex non potest peccare

The king can do no wrong.

Saepe constitutum est res inter alios judicatas aliis non praqjudicare

It has often been settled that matters adjudged between others ought not to prejudice those who were not parties.

Sponte virum fugiens mulier et adultera facta, doti sua careat, nisi sponsi sponte retracta

A woman leaving her husband of her own accord and committing adultery should lose her dower, unless she is taken back by her husband of his own accord.

ad curiam uocare

ub. [Law Latin] To summon to court.

ad judicium proaocare

ub. [Latin] To summon to court; to commence an action.

adequate care

See reasonable care. due care. See reasonable care.

advocare

vb. [law latin] 1. to advocate, defend, or protect. 2. to acknowledge or admit openly, as to acknowledge a child (advocare filium).

aedificare

vb. [latin] roman law. to erect a building.

aftercare

see juvenile puro(e under parole

career criminal

See RECIDIVIST.

career vice-consul

A vice-consul who is a member of the Foreign Service. - Also termed vice-consul of career.

careless

adj. 1. not exercising reasonable care. 2. (Of an action or behavior) engaged in without reasonable care. Cf. RECKLESS.

child- and dependent-care tax credit

A tax credit available to a person who is employed full-time and who maintains a household for a dependent child or a disabled spouse or dependent.

child-care fund

State-government funds set aside to reimburse counties for part of the payments for children's foster care and expenses.

child-care rules

Administrative rules for the care of foster children

common duty of care

A landowner's obligation to take reasonable care under the circumstances to see that a lawful visitor will be reasonably safe in using the premises for the purposes for which the visitor is permitted to be there.

confiscare

ub. [Latin con "together" + fiscus "treasury"] Hist. To seize (property) for the government.

degree of care

A standard of care to be exercised in a given situation. See CARE.

discarcare

vb. [fr. Latin dis+ carcare "to charge"] Hist. To unload (cargo), usu. from a ship. - Also termed discargare.

duty of care.

See DUTY (3)

et hoc paratus est veriicare

[Latin "and this he is prepared to verify"] Archaic. A phrase that concluded a plea in confession and avoidance, or any pleading that contained new affirmative matter. ( A pleading containing this phrase was technically said to "conclude with a verification," as opposed to a simple denial.

exfestucare

vb. [Latin] Hist. To abdicate or resign; to surrender (an estate, office, or dignity) by the symbolic delivery of a staff or rod (festuca) to the transferee.

extraordinary care

See highest degree of care under DEGREE OF CARE. extraordinary circumstances See CIRCUMSTANCE.

fabricare

vb. [Law Latin "to make"] Hist. 1. To make a coin lawfully or unlawfully. 2. To forge, esp. a bill of lading. ( The term sometimes appeared in indictments: fabricavit et contrafecit ("[he] forged and counterfeited").

foster care.

1. A program for parental care for children in lieu of the parental relationship with biological or adoptive parents. 2. The area of social services concerned with meeting the needs of children who participate in these types of programs.

foster-care placement

The (usu. temporary) act of placing a child in a home with a person or persons who provide parental care for the child.

foster-care review board

A board that reviews the permanent plans of foster-care placement of neglected and abused children.

great care

1. The degree of care that a prudent person exercises in dealing with very important personal affairs. 2. The degree of care exercised in a given situation by the person most competent to deal with the situation. ordinary care. See reasonable care. proper care. See reasonable care.

great care.

See CARE.

healthcare-insurance receivable.

An interest in or claim under an insurance policy, being a right to payment of a monetary obligation for healthcare goods or services provided. UCC ยง 9-104(c).