Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
College
1. An institution of learning that offers instruction in the liberal arts, humanities, and sciences, but not in the technical arts or in studies preparatory to admission to a profession. 2. An assembly of people, established by law to perform some special function or to promote some common purpose, usu. of an educational, political, ecclesiastical, or scientific nature.
College of Arms.
See HERALDS' COLLEGE.
Heralds' College.
A royal corporation responsible in England for granting and recording armorial insignia and genealogies, and for dealing with matters of precedence. ( The College was founded by Richard III in 1484, is governed by the Earl Marshal, and consists of three kings of arms, six heralds, and four pursuivants. The heralds' books, based on family-lineage inquiries made throughout England, are considered good evidence of pedigrees. The heralds' office is still allowed to make grants of arms and to grant name changes. 0 Also termed College of Arms.
electoral college.
The body of electors chosen from each state to formally elect the U.S. President and Vice President by casting votes based on the popular vote.