Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Chief
n. 1. A person who is put above the rest; the leader <chief of staff>. 2. The principal or most important part or position <commanderin-chief>. - chief, adj.
Chief Justice of England
The former title of the Lord Chief Justice of England.
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Hist. Formerly, the presiding judge in the Court of Common Pleas. 0 The Judicature Act of 1875 merged the Common Pleas Division into the Queen's Bench Division, at which time the Lord Chief Justice assumed the office of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Cf. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.
Commander in Chief Clause
The clause of the U.S. Constitution appointing the President as supreme commander of the military. U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 3.
Court of the Chief Justice in Eyre
Hist. An eyre court responsible for trying offenses against the forest laws. ( The jurisdiction of this Court was similar to that of the Court of Sweinmote. - Also termed Court of Justice Seat.
La ley voit plus tost suffer un mischiefe que un inconvenience
The law will sooner suffer a mischief than an inconvenience.
Lord Chief Justice of England
The chief judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. ( The Lord Chief Justice also serves on the Court of Appeal, and ranks second only to the Lord Chancellor in the English judicial hierarchy. - Formerly termed Chief Justice of England. Cf. CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS.
case-in-chief
1. The evidence presented at trial by the party with the burden of proof. 2. The part of a trial in which a party presents evidence to support its claim or defense. Cf. REBUTTAL.
chief baron
Hist. The presiding judge of the English Court of Exchequer. 0 The office has been superseded by the Lord Chief Justice of England. See BARONS OF THE EXCHEQUER
chief executive
The head of the executive branch of a government, such as the President of the United States. 2. A corporate officer at the upper levels of management. - executive, odj.
chief executive officer
A corporation's highest-ranking administrator who manages the firm day by day and reports to the board of directors. - Abbr. CEO.
chief judge
See JUDGE.
chief justice
The presiding justice of an appellate court, usu. the highest appellate court in a jurisdiction and esp. the U.S. Supreme Court. - Abbr. C.J.
chief justiciar
See JUSTICIARY (2).
chief lease
See HEADLEASE.
chief lord
Hist. The immediate lord of a fee, to whom the tenants were directly and personally responsible.
chief magistrate
See MAGISTRATE
chief pledge.
See BOROUGH-HEAD.
chief rents
Hist. A small, fixed, annual rent payable to the lord by a freeholder of a manor; annual quit rent. 0 Chief rents were abolished in 1922. See QUIT RENT.
chief use
A standard for determining a prope tariff classification in which a commodity's us is understood by examining the intended user as a whole, rather than individually.
chiefry
Hist. A small rent paid t the sovereign by a feudal landholder. - Alsi spelled chiefrie; chiefery.
commander-in-chief
1. One who holds supreme or highest command of armed forces. 2. (cap.) The title of the U.S. President when acting as the constitutionally designated leader of the nation's military. U.S. Const. art. II, § 2.
criminal mischief
See MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.
declaration in chief
A declaration for the principal cause of action. 8. A formal, written statement - resembling an affidavit but not notarized or sworn to -that attests, under penalty of perjury, to facts known by the declarant. ( Such a declaration, if properly prepared, is admissible in federal court with the same effect as an affidavit. 28 USCA § 1746. - Also termed declaration under penalty of perjury; unsworn declaration under penalty of perjury. Cf. AFFIDAVIT( Int'l law. An oral or written statement, unilaterally made, by which a state expresses its will, intent, or opinion when acting in the field of international relations. 10. See declaratory judgment under JUDGMENT. - declare, ub. Declaratory
evidence-in-chief
Evidence used by a party in making its case-in-chief.
examination-in-chief
See DIRECT EXAMINATION.
extent in chief
See EXTENT (2).
in chief
1. Principal, as opposed to collateral or incidental. 2. Denoting the part of a trial in which the main body of evidence is presented. See CASE-IN-CHIEF.
malicious mischief
The common-law misdemeanor of intentionally destroying or damaging another's property. ( Although modern statutes predominantly make this offense a misdemeanor, a few make it a felony (depending on the nature of the property or its value). - Also termed malicious mischief and trespass; malicious injury; malicious trespass; malicious damage; maliciously damaging the property of another; (in the Model Penal Code) criminal mischief. "Such phrases as 'malicious mischief and trespass,' 'malicious injury,' and 'maliciously damaging the property of another,' are merely additional labels used at times to indicate the same offense. It was a misdemeanor according to the common law of England, although some confusion has resulted from Blackstone's statement that it was 'only a trespass at common law.' Before the word 'misdemeanor' became well established the old writers tended to use the word 'trespass' to indicate an offense below the grade of felony. And it was used at times by Blackstone for this purpose, as in the phrase 'treason, felony, or trespass."' Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 405 (3d ed. 1982).
mischief
1. A condition in which a person suffers a wrong or is under some hardship, esp. one that a statute seeks to remove or for which equity provides a remedy <this legislation seeks to eliminate the mischief of racially restrictive deed covenants>. 2. Injury or damage caused by a specific person or thing <the vandals were convicted of criminal mischief>. 3. The act causing such injury or damage <their mischief damaged the abbey>.
mischief rule
In statutory construction, the doctrine that a statute should be interpreted by first identifying the problem (or "mischief") that the statute was designed to remedy and then adopting a construction that will suppress the problem and advance the remedy. - Also termed rule in Heydon's Case; purpose approach. Cf. GOLDEN RULE; PLAIN-MEANING RULE; EQUITY-OF-THE-STATUTE RULE.
tenant in chief
Hist. A person who held land directly of the king. - Also termed tenant in capite. See IN CAPITE.