Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Court of Session

1. Scots law. The supreme Scottish civil court, having divisions for trials and for hearing appeals. ( Its jurisdiction corresponds generally to the English High Court of Justice. It has two appellate chambers, the First and Second Division, and several Lords Ordinary, who sit singly as trial judges. 2. In a few states, a court with jurisdiction over criminal cases.