Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Correction

n 1 Generally, the act or an instance of making right what is wrong <mark your corrections in red ink>. 2. A change in business activity or market price following and counteracting an increase or decrease in the activity or price <the broker advised investors

Court for the Correction of Errors

A court having jurisdiction to review a lower court. ( The name was formerly used in New York and South Carolina.

adult correctional institution.

see prison.

correction, house of

See PRISON.

correctional institution

See PRISON.

correctional system

A network of governmental agencies that administer a jurisdiction's prisons and parole system.

house of correction.

1. A reformatory. 2. A place for the confinement of juvenile offenders or those who have committed crimes of lesser magnitude. - Also termed house of refuge.