Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Corona
[Latin] Hist. The Crown. ( This term formerly appeared in criminal pleadings, e.g., placita coronae ("pleas of the Crown").
Coronator
[fr. Latin corona "crown"] A coroner. See CORONER (2). "The formal title of custos (or occasionally conservator) placitorum corone continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, but the more convenient shorter forms coronarius, which was confined to a short period around 1200, and CORONATOR rapidly gained greater currency. The English form was 'coroner' or 'crowner.'" R.F. Hunnisett, The Medieval Coroner 1 n. l (1961).
Indictment de felony est contra pacem domini regis, coronam et dignitatem suam, in genere et non in individuo; quia in Anglia non est interregnum.
Indictment for felony is against the peace of our lord the king, his crown and dignity, in general and not in his individual person; because in England there is no interregnum.
Libertates regales ad coronam spectantes ex concessione regum a corona exierunt
Royal franchises relating to the Crown have emanated from the Crown by grant of kings.
Processus legis est gravis vexatio; executio legis coronat opus
The process of the law is heavy hardship; the execution of the law crowns (or rewards) the work.
Prosecutio legis est gravis vexatio; executio legis coronat opus
Litigation is a heavy hardship, but execution of the law crowns (or rewards) the work.
capitula coronae
[Latin "chapters of the Crown"] Hist. A more detailed form of the articles of the eyre. See ARTICLES OF THE EYRE.
coronation =case
Any of the many lawsuits for breach of contract resulting from the postponement of the coronation of Edward VII because of his illness. ( In one case, for example, the defendant had agreed to hire a ship for watching the naval review by King Edward VII and for a day's cruise around the fleet. The court held that the contract was not frustrated by the cancellation of the naval review - the day's cruise around the fleet was still possible, and indeed, the ship could have been used for many other purposes.
coronatore eligendo
See DE CORONATORE ELIGENDO.
coronatore exonerando
See DE CORONATORE EXONERANDO.
custos placitorum coronae
[Law Latin] See CORONATOR.
de coronatore eligendo
n. [Law Latin "for electing a coroner"] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to call an election of a coroner to fill a vacant office. See CORONER (2).
de coronatore exonerando
n. [Law Latin "for removing a coroner"] A writ ordering the sheriff to remove a coroner from office for a reason stated in the writ. See CORONER (2). "The coroner is chosen for life: but may be removed, either by being made sheriff, or chosen verderor, which are offices incompatible with the other; or by the king's writ de coronatore exonerando, for a cause to be therein assigned, as that he is engaged in other business, is incapacitated by years or sickness, hath not a sufficient estate in the county, or lives in an inconvenient part of it." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 336 (1765).
jure coronae
In right-of the Crown. jure diuino (di-vl-noh). By divine right.
jus coronae
n. [Latin "right of the Crown"] The right of succession to the En-lish throne
placita coronae
[Latin] Pleas of the Crown; criminal actions.
res coronae
[Latin] Hist. Things of the Crown, such as ancient manors, homages of the king, and liberties.