Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Condemn
vb. 1. To judicially pronounce someone guilty. 2. To determine and declare that certain property is assigned to public use. See EMINENT DOMAIN. 3. To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation. 4. To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption. 5. Maritime law. To declare that a vessel is (1) forfeited to the government, (2) a prize, or (3) unfit for service.
Euin qui nocentenz infamat, non est aequuniet bonum ob eam rem condemnari; delicta enim nocentium nota esse oportet et expodit
It is not just and proper that one wiv, speaks ill of a bad person should be condemm -c on that account; for it is fitting and expediew that the wron'doinfis of bad poople should be known.
Nemo inauditus condemnari debet, si non sit contumax
No one ought to be condemned unheard, unless he is obstinate (in refusing to appear).
Nemo qui condemnare potest absolvere non potest
No one who can condemn is unable to acquit.
Non alio modo puniatur aliquis, quam secundum quod se habet condemnatio
A person may not be punished otherwise than according to what the sentence enjoins.
Ubi damns dantur victus victori in expensis condemnari debet
Where damages are awarded, the party that did not succeed ought to be adjudged to pay expenses for the party that prevailed.
accounts receivable) and its current liabilities. - Also termed quick ratio; acid-test ratio, quick condemnation
See CONDEMNATION.
condemnation
n. 1. The act of judicially pronouncing someone guilty; conviction. 2. The determination and declaration that certain property (esp. land) is assigned to public use, subject to reasonable compensation; the exercise of eminent domain by a governmental entity. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
condemnation money
1. Damages that a losing party in a lawsuit is condemned to pay. 2. Compensation paid by an expropriator of land to the landowner for taking the property.
condemnatory
adj. 1. Condemning; expressing condemnation or censure. 2. Of or relating to the use of eminent domain or expropriation.
condemnee
One whose property is expropriated for public use or taken by a public-works project.
condemnor
A public or semipublic entity that expropriates property for public use.
decreet condemnatory
n. Scots law. A judgment for the plaintiff.
excess condemnation
The taking of property beyond what is needed for public use.
inverse condemnation
An action brought by a property owner for compensation from a governmental entity that has taken the owner's property without bringing formal condemnation proceedings. - Also termed condemnation blight.
quick condemnation
The immediate taking of private property for public use, whereby the estimated reasonable compensation is placed in escrow until the actual amount of compensation can be established.3. An official pronouncement that a thing (such as a building) is unfit for use or consumption; the act of making such a pronouncement.