Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Comment
n. 1. NOTE (2). 2. An explanatory statement made by the drafters of a particular statute, code section, or rule. - commentator, n.
Commentators
See POSTGLOSSATORS.
Commenter
One who comments; esp., one who sends comments to an agency about a proposed administrative rule or regulation. See NOTICEAND-COMMENT PERIOD.
Fleta seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani
Hist. The title of an ancient treatise on English law, composed in the 13th century and first printed in 1647. ( The work is largely derivative, being based on Bracton's De Legibus et Consuetudinibus. The unknown author may have been a judge or lawyer who wrote the treatise while in London's Fleet prison. - Often shortened to Fleta.
comment on the evidence
A statement made to the jury by the judge or by counsel on the probative value of certain evidence. ( Lawyers typically make such comments in closing argument - and judges may make such comments in federal court - but most state-court judges are not permitted to do so when examining a witness, instructing the jury, and the like (in which case the comment is sometimes termed an impermissible comment ,on the evidence).
comment period
See NOTICE-AND-COMMENT PERIOD.
fair comment
A statement based on the writer's or speaker's honest opinion about a matter of public concern. ( Fair comment is a defense to libel or slander.
lence." 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 267 (1769).
notice-and-comment period
Administrative law. The statutory time frame during which an administrative agency publishes a proposed regulation and receives public comment on the regulation. ( The regulation cannot take effect until after this period expires. - Often shortened to comment period.
notice-and-comment rulemaking
See informal rulemaking under RULEMAKING. notice by publication See public notice under NOTICE.
sidebar comment.
An unnecessary, often argumentative remark made by an attorney or witness, esp. during a trial or deposition. - Often shortened to sidebar. - Also termed sidebar remark.