Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assecurator
marine insurance. An insurer.
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.
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.
concurator
Civil law. A guardian or co-curator. See CURATOR.
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.
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.
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.