Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Cruelty
The intentional and malicious infliction of mental or physical suffering on a living creature, esp. a human; abusive treatment; outrage.
cruelty to a child
See child abuse under ABUSE.
cruelty to animals
A malicious or criminally negligent act that causes an animal to suffer pain or death.
cruelty to children
See child abuse under ABUSE.
extreme cruelty
As a ground for divorce, one spouse's physical violence toward the other spouse, or conduct that destroys or severely impairs the other spouse's mental health.
legal cruelty
Cruelty that will justify granting a divorce to the injured party; specif. conduct by one spouse that endangers the life, person, or health of the other spouse, or creates a reasonable apprehension of bodily or mental harm.
mental cruelty
As a ground for divorce, one spouse's course of conduct that creates such anguish that it endangers the life, physical health, or mental health of the other spouse. See EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.
physical cruelty
As a ground for divorce, actual personal violence committed by one spouse against the other.