Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Certa debet esse intentio et narratio et certum fundamentum et certa res quae deducitur in judicium
The design and narration ought to be certain, the foundation certain, and the matter certain that is brought into court to be tried.
Dame
1 The legal title of the wife of a knight or baronet. 2. The female equivalent of a knight. 3. A form of address to a woman of high rank. 4. A matron. 5. Slang. A woman. Also termed (in senses 1 & 2) domina.
Debile fundamentum fallit opus
A weak foundation frustrates the work (built on it).
Laudamentum
n. Hist. A jury award.
Sublato fundamento, cadit opus
When the foundation has been removed (or demolished), the structure collapses.
fundamental error
See plain error.
fundamental interest
See FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.
fundamental law
The organic law that establishes the governing principles of a nation or state; esp., CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. - Also termed organic law. Cf. NATURAL LAW.fundamental-miscarriage-of justice exception. The doctrine allowing a federal court in a habeas corpus proceeding to address a claim of constitutional error that, although ordinarily un review able, is subject to review because of a state-court procedural default that rendered the proceedings basically unfair. ( For the exception to apply, among other things, the petitioner must show by a preponderance of the evidence that constitutional error resulted in the conviction of one who is probably innocent. If the defaulted claim applies only to sentencing, the exception permits review of the claim if the petitioner shows by clear and convincing evidence that, but for the constitutional error, no reasonable jury would have found the petitioner legally eligible for the sentence received.
fundamental right
See FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.
fundamental term
See TERM (2)
fundamental trend
See major trend under TREND.
fundamental-fairness doctrine
The rule that applies the principles of due process to a judicial proceeding. ( The term is commonly considered synonymous with due process.
nonfundamental term
Any contractual provision that is not regarded as a fundamental term. - Also termed nonessential term; nonuital term. 3. (pl.) Provisions that define an agreement's scope; conditions or stipulations <terms of sale>. 4. A fixed period of time; esp., the period for which an estate is granted <term for years>.
vidame
[French] Hist. In French feudal law, an officer who represented the bishop. ( Over time, these officers erected their offices into fiefs and became feudal nobles, such as the vidame of Chartres, Rheims, etc. They continued to take their titles from the seat of the bishop whom they represented, even though the lands held by virtue of their fiefs might be situated elsewhere.