Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Colorable
adj. 1. (Of a claim or action) appearing to be true, valid, or right <the pleading did not state a colorable claim>. 2. Intended to deceive; counterfeit <the court found the conveyance of exempt property to be a colorable transfer, and so set it aside>.
colorable alteration
Intellectual property. A modification that effects no real or substantial change, but is made only to distinguish an invention or work from an existing patent or copyright.
colorable claim
1. A claim that is legitimate and that may reasonably be asserted. given the facts presented and the current law (or a reasonable and logical extension or modification of the current law). 2. A claim in which the debtor and property holder are, its a tnatter of law, not adverse. one example of a colorable claim is one made by a person holding property as an agent or bailee of the bankrupt.
colorable transaction
A sham transaction having the appearance of authenticity; a pretended transaction <the court set aside the colorable transaction>.
colorable transaction.
See TRANSACTION.
colorable-imitation test
Trademarks. A test for a trademark violation in which a court determines whether an ordinary person who is not allowed to compare the two items side by side could recognize the difference between the two.