Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Chirographum apud debitorem repertum praesumitur solutum

When the evidence (or voucher) is found in the debtor's possession, the debt is presumed to be paid.

Debita sequuntur personam debitoris

Debts follow the person of the debtor. 0 That is, debts belong to no locality and may be collected wherever the debtor can be found.

Debitor

Roman law. Someone who has a legal obligation to someone else. Cf CREDITOR (1).

Debitor non praesumitur donare

A debtor is not presumed to make a gift.

Debitorum pactionibus creditorum petitio nec tolli nee minui potest

The creditors' suit can be neither quashed nor diminished by the contracts of their debtors.

Delicatus debitor est odiosus in lege

A luxurious debtor is hateful in the law.

In alternativis electio est debitoris

The debt or has the choice among alternatives.

Incendium aere alieno non exuit debitorem.

A fire does not release a debtor from his debt.

Nuda ratio et nuda pactio non ligant aliquem debitorem

Bare reason and naked agreement do not bind any debtor.

de debitore in partes secando

n. [Latin "of cut-

debitor non praesumitur donare

n. [Law Latin "a debtor is not presumed to make a gift"] Hist. The presumption that any payment from a debtor is intended to satisfy the debt, unless the disposition clearly shows the debtor's intent to make a donation.