Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Convene
ub. 1. To call together; to cause to assemble. 2. Eccles. law. To summon to respond to an action. See CONVENTIO (1)."When the defendant was brought to answer, he was said to be convened, - which the canonists called conuentio, because the plaintiff and defendant met to contest." 1 John Bouvier, Bouvier's Law Dictionary 668 (8th ed. 1914).3. Civil law. To bring an action.