Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Casual

adj. 1. (Of employment) occurring without regularity; occasional <a casual employee. See casual employment under EMPLOYMENT. 2. (Of an event or occurrence) not expected, foreseen, or planned; fortuitous <a casual deficit>

Casualty

1. A serious or fatal accident. 2. A person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed.

casual affray

see chance medley.

casual condition

See CONDITION (2J

casual deficit

An unforeseen shortfall of funds.

casual ejector

The nominal defendant in an ejectment action who, under a legal fiction, is supposed to come casually or by accident upon the premises and to eject the lawful possessor.

casual employment

See EMPLOYMENT.

casualty gain

Insurance. The profit realized by an insured when the benefits paid exceed the insured property's adjusted value.

casualty insurance

: An agreement to indemnify against any loss resulting from a broad group of causes such as legal liability, theft, accident, property damage, and workers' compensation. 0 The meaning of casualty insurance has become blurred because of the rapid increase in different types of insurance coverage. Cf. accident insurance.

casualty loss

For tax purposes, the total or partial destruction of an asset resulting from an unexpected or unusual event, such as an automobile accident or a tornado.

casualty pot

Tax. A step in evaluating tax liability in which casualty gains and losses are compared to determine whether a net loss or gain has occurred. Cf. MAIN POT.

unavoidable casualty

See unavoidable accident under ACCIDENT.