Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Accusare nemo debet se, nisi coram Deo
No one is obliged to accuse himself, except before God.
Actus judiciarius coram non judice irritus habetur; de ministeriali autem a quocunque provenit ratum esto
A judicial act before one not a judge (or without jurisdiction) is void; as to a ministerial act, from whomsoever it proceeds, let it be valid.
Ad offxcium justiciariorum spectat unicuique coram eis placitanti justitiam exhibere
It is the duty of justices to administer justice to everyone pleading before them.
Coram
prep. [Latin] (Of a person) before; in the presence of.
Coram Rege Court
See KING'S BENCH.
Eadem causa diversis rationibus coram judicibus ecclesiasticis et secularibus ventilatur
The same cause is argued upon different principles before ecclesiastical and secular judges.
capitalas justiciarius ad placita coram rege tenenda
[Latin] Hist. Chief justice for holding pleas before the king. & This phrase - which dates from the 13th century - referred to the chief justice of the King's Bench.
coram domino rege
[Latin] Hist. Before our lord the king.
coram ipso rege
[Latin] Hist. Before the king himself. - Also termed coram ipso domino rege."The court of king's bench (so called because the king used formerly to sit there in person, the style of the court still being coram ipso rege) is the supreme court of common law in the kingdom ...." 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 41 (1768).
coram nobis
[Latin "before us"] Hist. 1. A writ of error taken from a judgment of the King's Bench. 9 "Before us" refers to the sovereign, in contrast to the writ coram uobis ("before you"), which refers to any court other than King's Bench, esp. the Court of Common Pleas. 2. A writ of error directed to a court for review of its own judgment and predicated on alleged errors of fact. - Also termed writ of error coram nobis; writ of coram nobis.
coram non judice
[Latin "not before a judge"] 1. Outside the presence of a judge. 2. Before a judge or court that is not the proper one or that cannot take legal cognizance of the matter.
coram paribus
[Latin] Hist. Before the peers. ( This phrase appeared in deed attestations.
coram sectatoribus
[Law Latin] Hist. Before the suitors.
coram vobis
n. [Latin "before you"] Hist. 1. A writ of error directed to a court other than the King's Bench, esp. the Court of Common Pleas, to review its judgment."Certain errors in the process of the court, committed by the defaults of the clerks, or as to matters of fact, could be remedied by the court itself. The writ issued for this purpose was called a writ of error 'coram vobis' if the error was in the Common Pleas; 'coram nobis' if it was in the King's Bench." 1 William Holdsworth, A History of English Law 224 (7th ed. 1956).2. A writ of error sent by an appellate court to a trial court to review the trial court's judgment based on an error of fact. - Also termed writ of error coram uobis.
querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda
n. [Law Latin "a dispute to be discussed and resolved by the council in front of the king"] Hist. A writ ordering someone to appear before the king to answer to a trespass.
writ o f error coram nobis
See CORAM NOBIS.
writ of coram nobis
See CORAM NOBIS.
writ of coram vobis
See CORAM voBIS.
writ of error coram VOWS
See CORAM VOBIS. 2. Hist. A writ issued by a chancery court, at the request of a party who was unsuccessful at trial, directing the trial court either to examine the record itself or to send it to another court of appellate jurisdiction to be examined, so that some alleged error in the proceedings may be corrected.