Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Articled clerk
english law. A clerk who works for a solicitor in exchange for learning the profession; a clerk bound by articles of apprenticeship.
Clerk
n. 1. A public official whose duties include keeping records or accounts. city clerk. A public official who records a city's official proceedings and vital statistics. 2. A court officer responsible for filing papers, issuing process, and keeping records of court proceedings as generally specified by rule or statute. - Also termed clerk of court.
Clerk of Nichils
See NICHIL.
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
The head of the permanent staff of the Crown Office in Chancery (of the Central Office), responsible for reading the title of Bills in the House of Lords, sending out writs of summons to peers, and issuing election writs.
Clerk of the House of Commons
English law. An officer of the House of Commons who keeps the House journal, signs orders, indorses bills sent to the House of Lords, and has custody of all records. ( The Clerk is appointed for life by the Crown.
Clerk of the Parliaments
The principal permanent official of the House of Lords, responsible for the House's minutes and documents, and for advising the members on procedure.
Clerk of the Peace
Hist. An officer of the Quarter Sessions responsible for maintaining the courts' records, preparing indictments, entering judgments, issuing process, and other clerical and administrative functions. ( The office was abolished in England in 1971, when the Quarter Sessions' jurisdiction was transferred to the Crown Courts. See QUARTER SESSIONS.
Clerk of the Pells
Hist. An Exchequer officer who entered tellers' bills on the parchment rolls (pells), one for receipts and the other for disbursements Also termed Master of the Pells.
Clerk of the Pipe
Hist. An Exchequer officer responsible for the Pipe Rolls. ( The office was abolished in 1833. - Also termed Engrosser of the Great Roll. See PIPE ROLLS.
Clerk of the Privy Seal
Hist. An officer responsible for preparing documents for the Lord Privy Seal. ( The use of the Privy Seal was abolished in 1884. See PRIVY SEAL.
Clerk of the Signet
Hist. An officer who kept the privy signet and attended the sovereign's principal secretary. ( The signet was used to seal royal letters and other documents until the office was abolished in England in 1851. See PRIVY SIGNET.
Clerkship
1. A type of internship in which a law student or recent law-school graduate assists a lawyer or judge with legal writing, research, and other tasks. 2. Hist. A law student's employment as an attorney's apprentice before gaining admission to the bar.
Lord Justice Clerk
The second judicial officer in Scotland, with special responsibility for criminal law.
Six Clerks
Hist. A collective name for the clerks of the English Court of Chancery who filed pleadings and other papers. ( The office was abolished in 1842, and its duties transferred to the Clerk of Enrollments in Chancery and to the Clerks of Records and Writs.
city clerk
See CLERK (1).
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clerk of arraigns
Halt. A deputy of the clerk of assize responsible for arraigning defendants and putting the formal questions to the jurors as they deliver their verdict. ( The office was abolished in England in 1946.
clerk of assize
Hist. An assize associate responsible for record-keeping and other clerical and administrative functions. See ASSOCIATE (3).
clerk of court
See CLERK (2).
clerk of enrollments
Hist. The former chief of the Enrollment Office, which the British Parliament abolished in 1879, reassigning its duties to the Central Office. See ENROLLMENT OFFICE; CENTRAL OFFICE.
clerk of indictment
Hist. An officer of England's Central Criminal Court, responsible for preparing indictments and assisting the Clerk of Arraigns. 0 The office was abolished in 1946, when its duties were moved to the Central Office.
clerk of records and writs
Hist. Officers of the English Court of Chancery responsible for filing documents and sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution. 0 The office was abolished in 1879, when its duties were moved to the Central Office.
clerk of the corporation
See SECRETARY.
clerk of the market
Hist. The overseer of a public market, responsible for witnessing oral contracts, inquiring into weights and measures, measuring land, and settling disputes between people dealing there. ( The office has become obsolete as a result of various statutes regulating- weights and measures.
district clerk
The clerk of a district court within a state or federal system. See district court under COURT 3. An employee who performs general office work. 4. A law student who assists a lawyer or judge with legal research, writing, and other tasks. - Also termed law clerk; extern; or (depending on the time of year) summer clerk; summer associate. See INTERN. 5. A lawyer who assists a judge with research, writing, and case management. "[M]odern American judging in all courts of national significance - the federal courts and the more prominent state appellate courts - staggers along despite the burden of bloated caseloads and the shortcomings of distinctly human judges only by the deleg
law clerk
See CLERK (4).
sixty clerks
See SWORN CLERKS IN CHANCERY.
summer clerk
See CLERK (4).
sworn clerks in chancery
Hist. Certain officers in the Court of Chancery who assist the six principal clerks by performing clerical tasks, including keeping records and making copies of pleadings. ( The offices were abolished in 1842 by the Court of Chancery Act. St. 5 & 6 Viet., ch. 103. - Also termed sixty clerks.
town clerk
An officer who keeps the records, issues calls for town meetings, and performs the duties of a secretary to the town's political organization.
vestry clerk
Eccles. law. An officer appointed to attend vestries and to take minutes of the proceedings,
waiting clerk
Hist. An officer who waits in attendance on the court of chancery. 0 The office of the waiting clerk was abolished in 1842 by the Court of Chancery Act. St. 5 & 6 Vict. ch. 103.