Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assecurare
vb. [law latin] hist. To make secure, as by pledges.
Assecuration
marine insurance. Insurance.
Assecurator
marine insurance. An insurer.
Cura
n. [Latin] Roman law. A guardianship that protects the interests of youths (from puberty to the age of 25) or incapacitated persons. Cf. TUTELA. Pl. curae. "Curs was a form of guardianship indicated by the necessities of the case, with respect to persons who, though sui juris, were in need of protection. It was not regarded as a substitute for patria potestas as tutela was .... It extended to the person as well as the property, and in the latter respect is much the same as in the case of the tutela of infants." R.W. Leage, Roman Private Law 122 (C.H. Ziegler ed., 2d ed. 1930).
Curate
Eccles. law. 1. A person in charge of a parish; a pastor. 2. A member of the clergy who receives a stipend or salary to assist a vicar, rector, or pastor; an assistant to a parish priest.
Curatio
[fr. Latin cura "care"] Roman law. 1. The power or duty of managing the property of a youth or incompetent person. 2. The office of a curator. See CURA.
Curator
n. 1. Roman law. A person who manages the affairs of another; a guardian. See CURA. "One of the very oldest monuments of Roman legislation ... placed all free males who were of full years and rights under the temporary control of new class of guardians, called Curatores, whose sanction was required to validate their acts or contracts." Henry S. Maine, Ancient Law 134 (17th ed. 1901).
Curatorship
The office of a curator or guardian.
Curatrix
Archaic. A female curator.
Curatus non habet titulum
A curate has no title (to tithes).
De minimis non curat lex
The law does not notice or concern itself with trifling matters.
De nomine proprio non est curandum cum in substantia non erretur; quia nomina mutabilia sunt, res autem immobiles
As to the proper name, it is not to be regarded when there is no error in substance; because names are changeable, but things are immutable.
Independenter se habet assecuratio a viaggio navis.
The route insured is distinct from the voyage of the ship.
Lex non curat de minimis
The law is not concerned with matters of least consequence.
Procuracy
The document that grants power to an attorney-in-fact; a letter of agency.
Procurare
ub. [Latin] To take care of another's affairs.
Procuratio
[Latin] Management of another's affairs; agency.
Procuration
1 The act of appointing someone as an agent or attorney-infact. 2. The authority vested in a person so appointed; the function of an attorney. 3. PROCUREMENT.
Procurator
1.Roman law. A person informally appointed to represent another in a judicial proceeding. Cf. COGNITOR. 2. Roman law. A government official, usu. subordinate in authority to a provincial governor. 3. Hist. English law. An agent, attorney, or servant. 4. Eccles. law. An advocate of a religious house; one who represents a religious society in its legal matters. - Also termed proctor. 5. An agent or attorney-in-fact. 6. Scots law. A solicitor who represents clients in the lower courts.
Procuratorium
[Law Latin] Hist. The instrument by which a person appointed a procurator as the person's representative in litigation.
Procuratrix
[Latin] hisa a female agent or attorney-in-fact
concurator
Civil law. A guardian or co-curator. See CURATOR.
cura furiosi
A guardianship for a person who was completely incapacitated from all acts. "The cura furiosi empowered and bound the curator to manage the property of the lunatic on the lunatic's behalf." Rudolph Sohm, The Institutes: A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private law 492 (James Crawford Ledlie trans., 3d ed. 1907).
cura minorum
A guardianship for a minor whose capacity of action was complete.
cura prodigi
A guardianship for a person whose capacity of action was imperfect. "The cura prodigi differed from the cura furiosi in that the prodigus, unlike the furiosus, was himself capable of performing any act by which he acquired a right or benefit. The appointment of a curator, however, precluded the prodigus from performing any act which operated to alienate property or to subject him to a liability; any such act, in order to be effectual, had to be concluded either by the curator on behalf of the prodigus or by the prodigus with the approval of the curator." Rudolph Sohm, The Institutes: A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law 492 (James Crawford Ledhe trans., 3d ed. 1907).
curative admissibility
See ADMISSIBILITY.
curative admissibility.
The rule that an inadmissible piece of evidence may be admitted if offered to cure or counteract the effect of some similar piece of the opponent's evidence that itself should not have been admitted.
curative instruction
A judge's instruction that is intended to correct an erroneous instruction.
curative-admissibility doctrine
The rule that otherwise inadmissible evidence will be admitted to rebut inadmissible evidence placed before the fact-finder by the adverse party. 0 The doctrine applies when a motion to strike cannot cure the prejudice created by the adverse party.
curator ad hoc
A court-appointed curator who manages a single matter or transaction; a special guardian.
curator ad litem
A curator appointed by a court to represent the interests of a youth or incapacitated person during the proceedings before the court,
curator bonorum
A person appointed by a court to administer the estate of an insolvent person. 2. A temporary guardian or conservator appointed by a court to care for the property or person of a minor or incapacitated person.
de minimis non curat lex
[Latin] The law does not concern itself with trifles. - Often shortened to de minimis.
doctrine of curative admissibility
A rule allowing a party to introduce otherwise inadmissible evidence to remove the prejudice caused by the improper admission of evidence that was offered by the opposing party. - Also termed curative-admissibility doctrine.
interim curator
Hist. A person appointed by a justice of the peace to hold a felon's property until a royal administrator could be assigned the task. 3. Civil law. A guardian who manages the estate of a minor, an absent person, or an incapacitated person. Pl. curatores.
literae procuratoriae
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Letters of procuration; letters of attorney; power of attorney. See POWER OF ATTORNEY.
per procurationem
[Latin] By proxy. - Abbr. per pro.; p. proc.; p. pro.; p.p. - Also termed per procuration.
procuration fee. English law
A commission or brokerage allowed to a solicitor for obtaining a loan. - Also termed procuration money.
procurator fiscal. Scots law
The representative of the Lord Advocate in inferior courts, responsible for investigating crimes and prosecuting in court.
procurator in rem suam
[Latin] 1. Roman law. An assignee of a right of action. 2. Scots law. Procurator in his own affair. ( This phrase refers to a situation in which a person acts under a power of attorney with reference to property that the person has acquired.
procurator litis
[Latin] Roman law. A person who represents another in a lawsuit. Cf. DEFENSOR (1).
procurator negotiorum
[Latin] Civil law. An attor- ney-in-fact; a manager of business aaffaairs for another.
procurator proupnciae
[Latin] Roman law. A provincial officer responsible for overseeing revenue matters. ( This officer also exercised some iu~licia? powers over revenue-related issues.
procuratores ecclesiae parochialis
[Latin] Hist. A churchwarden; a representative of a parish church.