Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Clam factum id videtur esse, quod quisque, quum controversiam haberet, habiturumve se putaret, fecit
That is considered done secretly which someone did when he had a legal dispute or thought he would have one.
Controver
Hist. A person who concocts false news.
Controversy
1.A disagreement or a dispute, esp. in public. 2. A justiciable dispute. 3. Constitutional law. A case that requires a definitive determination of the law on the facts alleged for the adjudication of an actual dispute, and not merely a hypothetical, theoretical, or speculative legal issue. - Also termed (in senses 2 & 3) actual controversy. See CASE-OR-CONTROVERSY REQUIREMENT.
Controvert
ub. To dispute or contest; esp., to deny (as an allegation in a pleading) or oppose in argument <the allegations in Peck's pleadings were never adequately controverted>.
amount in controversy
the damages claimed or relief demanded by the injured party in a lawsuit. ( for a federal court to have diversity jurisdiction, the amount in controversy must exceed $75,000. 28 usca § 1332(a). - also termed jurisdictional amount; matter in controversy. see diversity of citizenship; aggregation doctrine.
case-or-controversy requirement
The constitutional requirement that, for a federal court to hear a case, the case must involve an actual dispute. See CONTROVERSY (3)."The courts of the United States do not sit to decide questions of law presented in a vacuum, but only such questions as arise in a 'case or controversy.' The two terms can be used interchangeably, for, we are authoritatively told, a 'controversy,' if distinguishable at all from a 'case,' is distinguishable only in that it is a less comprehensive term, and includes only suits of a civil nature." Charles Alan Wright, The Lau, of Federal Courts 60 (5th ed. 1994).
doctrine of incontrovertible physical facts
See PHYSICAL-FACTS RULE.
entire-controversy doctrine
The principle that a plaintiff or defendant who does not assert all claims or defenses related to the controversy in a legal proceeding is not entitled to assert those claims or defenses in a later proceeding. - Also termed single-controversy doctrine. Cf. compulsory counterclaim under COUNTERCLAIM; RES JUDICATA (2).
incontrovertible-physical-facts doctrine
See PHYSICAL-FACTS RULE.
matter in controversy
See AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY.
public controversy
See CONTROVERSY
res controversa
[Latin] Civil law. A matter in controversy; a point in question.
separable controversy
A claim that is separate and independent from the other claims being asserted in a suit. ( This term is most often associated with the statute that permits an entire case to be removed to federal court if one of the claims, being separate and independent from the others, presents a federal question that is within the jurisdiction of the federal courts. 28 USCA § 1441(c).
single-controversy doctrine
See ENTIRE-CONTROVERSY DOCTRINE.