Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo-quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramur

We call a child a year old on the 365th day, when the day is clearly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civil year not by moments, but by days.

Arbor civilis

[latin "civil tree"] a genealogical tree.

Attachment. 1. The seizing of a person's property to secure a judgment or to be sold in satisfaction of a judgment. - also termed (in civil law) provisional seizure. Cf. Garnishment; sequestration (1)

Civil

adj. 1. Of or relating to the state or its citizenry <civil rights>. 2. Of or relating to private rights and remedies that are sought by action or suit, as distinct from criminal proceedings <civil litigation>. 3. Of or relating to any of the modern legal systems derived from Roman law <Louisiana is a civil-law jurisdiction > .

Civil Code

1. The code that embodied the law of Rome. 2. The code that embodies the law of France, from which a great part of the Louisiana civil code is derived. - Abbr. C.C. - Also termed Code Civil. See NAPOLEONIC CODE. 3. A codification of noncriminal statutes.

Civil Service Commission

A defunct federal board created in 1883 to ensure that civilservice employees are hired on the basis of merit rather than personal preference or political considerations. ( In 1978, the Commission's functions were split between the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Civil arrest

hist. An arrest and detention of a civil-suit defendant until bail is posted or a judgment is paid. ( civil arrest is prohibited in most states.

Civil assault

An assault considered as a tort and not as a crime. ( although the same assaultive conduct can be both a tort and a that give rise to civil liability.

Civil bail

a bond or deposit of money given to secure the release of a person arrested for failing to pay a court-ordered civil debt. ( the bail is conditioned on the payment of the debt.

Civil fruit

See FRUIT.

Civilian

n. 1. A person not serving in the military. 2. A lawyer practicing in a civil-law jurisdiction. - civilian, adj.

Civilization

The transformation of a criminal matter to a civil one by law or judgment. Cf. CRIMINALIZATION.

Code Civil

The code embodying the civil law of France, dating from 1804. ( It was known from the beginning as the Code Civil, to distinguish it from the other four Codes promoted by Napoleon but is sometimes called Code Napoleon. In 1870, the official name became Code Civil. Cf. NAPOLEONIC CODE. See CIVIL CODE (2).

Code de procedure civil

A French civil-procedure code,enacted in 1806 and appended to the Code Napoleon. See NAPOLEONIC CODE.

Corpus Juris Civilis

The body of the civil law, compiled and codified under the direction of the Roman emperor Justinian in A.D. 528-534. 0 The collection includes four works - the Institutes, the Digest (or Pandects), the Code, and the Novels. The title Corpus Juris Ciuilis was not original, or even early, but was modeled on the Corpus Juris Canonici and given in the 16th century and later to editions of the texts of the four component parts of the Roman law. See ROMAN LAW (1).

Court of Civil Appeals

An intermediate appellate court in some states, such as Alabama and (formerly) Texas.

Cum actio fuerit mere criminalis, institui poterit ab initio criminaliter vel civiliter

When an action is purely criminal, it can be instituted from the beginning either criminally or civilly.

De jure decimarum, originem ducens de jure patronatus, tunc cognitio spectat at legem civilem, i.e., communem

With regard to the right of tithes, deducing its origin from the right of the patron, then the cognizance of them belongs to the civil law, i.e., common law.

Est autem jus publicum et privatum quod ex naturalibus praeceptis aut gentium aut civilibus est collectum; et quod in jure scripto jus appellatur, id in lege Angliae rectum esse dicitur

Public and private law is that which is collected either from natural precepts of the (law of) nations or from civil precepts; and that which in the civil law is called jus is said in the law of England to be right. Co. 1Jtt. 558.

Excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus

That excuses or extenuates a wrong in capital causes which does not have the same effect in civil suits.

Extra legem positus est civiliter mortuus.

An outlaw is dead as a citizen.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

.The rules governing civil actions in the U.S. district courts. - Abbr. Fed. R. Civ. P.; FRCP.

Foeminae ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotae sunt

Women are excluded from all civil and public charges or offices.

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

An international convention (established in 1980) that seeks to counteract child-snatching by noncustodici. ;;-rents. a The Hague Convention is a priva . ! legal mechanism available to parents seekhig the return of, or access to, their children. More than 46 countries are parties to the Convention, including the United States, which became a signatory on July 1, 1988.

Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters.

An international convention, convened on October 26, 1968, that provides the formal procedures for obtaining evidence in a foreign country, such as taking a deposition abroad. ( More than 27 countries are parties, including the United States, which became a signatory on October 7, 1972.

Homo vocabulum est naturae; persona juris civilis

"Man" (homo) is a term of nature; "person" (persona), a term of civil law.

In civilibus ministerium excusat, in criminalibus non item

In civil matters, agency (or service) excuses, but not so in criminal matters.

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.

Jura sanguinis nullo jure civili dirimi possunt

The rights of blood (or kinship) cannot be destroyed by any civil law.

Jus civile est quod sibi populus constituit

The civil law is what a people has established for itself.

Libertinum ingratum leges civiles in pristinam servitutem redignunt; sed leges Angliae semel manumissum semper liberum judicant

The civil laws reduce an ungrateful freedman to his original slavery; but the laws of England regard a person once manumitted as ever after free.

Necessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus

Necessity excuses or extenuates delinquency in capital cases, but does not have the same effect in civil cases.

Omnis definitio injure civili periculosa est, parum est enim ut non subverti posit

Every definition in the civil law is dangerous, for there is very little that cannot be overthrown.

Quod attinet ad jus civile, servi pro nullis habentur, non tamen et jure naturali, quia, quod ad jus naturale attinet, omnes homines aequali sunt

So far as the civil law is concerned, slaves are not reckoned as nonentities, but not so by natural law, for so far as regards natural law, all men are equal.

Secta est pugna civilis, sicut actores armantur actionibus, et quasi accinguntur gladiis, its rei (e contra) muniuntur exceptionibus, et defenduntur quasi clypeis

A suit is a civil battle; just as the plaintiffs are armed with actions and, as it were, girded with swords, so (against them) the defendants are fortified with pleas, and defended as though by shields.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act

A federal law, originally enacted in 1940, protecting the civil rights of persons in military service, as by modifying their civil liability, placing limits on interest rates charged against their obligations, and prescribing specific procedures for claims made against them. 50 USCA app. §§ 501 et seq.

Title VIl of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

A federal law that prohibits employment discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, sex, pregnancy, religion, and national origin, as well as prohibiting retaliation against an employee who opposes illegal harassment or discrimination in the workplace. ( This term is often referred to simply as Title VII. 42 USCA §§ 2000e et seq.

actio civilis

A civil action.

american civil liberties union

a national organization whose primary purpose is to help enforce and preserve individual rights and liberties guaranteed by federal and state constitutions. - abbr. aclu.

annonae civiles

n. [latin] hist. yearly rents issuing out of particular lands and payable to certain monasteries.

antitrust civil process act

a federal law prescribing the procedures for an antitrust action by way of a petition in u.s. district court. 15 usca §§ 1311 et seq.

civil action

See ACTION.

civil action.

An action brought to enforce, redress, or protect a private or civil right; a noncriminal litigation.The code of New York, as originally adopted, declared, 'the distinctions between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and heretofore existing, are abolished; and there shall be in this State hereafter but one form of action for the enforcement or protection of private rights and the redress of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a civil action.' With slight verbal changes the above provision has been enacted in most of the States and Territories which have adopted the reformed procedure." Edwin E. Bryant, The Law of Pleading Under the Codes of Civil Procedure 106 (2d ed. 1899)

civil arrest

See ARREST.

civil assault

See ASSAULT.

civil bail

See BAIL (1).

civil cognation

See COGNATION.

civil cognation.

A relationship arising by law, such as that created by adoption.

civil commitment

See COMMITMENT.