Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Compulsory
n. Eccles. law. A writ that compels the attendance of a witness. compulsory appearance See APPEARANCE.
Compulsory Process Clause
The clause of the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving criminal defendants the subpoena power for obtaining witnesses in their favor.
Compulsory arbitration
arbitration required by law or forced by law on the parties.
compulsory
adj. Compelled; mandated by legal process or by statute <compulsory counterclaim>.
compulsory appearance.
an appearance by one who is required to appear by having been served with process.
compulsory arbitration
See ARBITRATION.
compulsory condition
A condition expressly requiring that a thing be done, such as a tenant's paying rent on a certain day.
compulsory counterclaim
A counterclaim that must be asserted to be cognizable, usu. because it relates to the opposing party's claim and arises out of the same subject matter. o If a defendant fails to assert a compulsory counterclaim in the original action, that claim may not be brought in a later, separate action (with some exceptions).
compulsory disclosure
See DISCLOSURE.
compulsory insurance
Statutorily required insurance; esp., motor-vehicle liability insurance that a state requires as a condition to registration of the vehicle.
compulsory joinder
See JOINDER.
compulsory labor
See FORCED LABOR.
compulsory license
Copyright. A statutorily created license that allows certain parties to use copyrighted material without the explicit permission of the copyright owner in exchange for a specified royalty.
compulsory nonsuit
See NONSUIT.
compulsory pilot
Maritime law. A ship pilot entitled by law to guide a ship for a particular purpose, such as piloting the ship into harbor. 0 The compulsory nature of the appointment relieves the vessel's owner of personal liability if the pilot causes a collision. Cf. VOLUNTARY PI. LOT."The compulsory pilot presents a special problem. Statutes that impose a fine or imprisonment for the failure to take a pilot obviously create compulsory pilotage. Some statutes, however, allow the ship to refuse the pilot provided she pays his fee or half of it (half-pilotage'). The Supreme Court has indicated that it does not regard the tendering of this alternative as amounting to compulsion. It makes a difference, because it is pretty well settled that if the pilotage is compulsory' the respondeat superior nexus is broken, and the shipowner cannot be held personally liable for the fault of the pilot resulting in collision. The ship's liability in rem, however, is unaffected by the fact that the pilotage is compulsory. Thi
compulsory pilotage
A requirement, imposed by law in some jurisdictions, that vessels approaching or leaving a harbor must take on a licensed pilot to guide the vessel into or out of the harbor.
compulsory process
A process, with a warrant to arrest or attach included, that compels a person to appear in court as a witness.
compulsory sale
The forced sale of real property in accordance with either an eminent-domain order or an order for a judicial sale arising from nonpayment of taxes.
compulsory-attendance law
A statute requiring minors of specified ages to attend school.