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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Decretum

n. [Latin "a decision having mandatory force"] 1. Roman law. An emperor's judgment in a matter; a type of imperial constitution. 2. Eccles. law. An ecclesiastical law, as distinguished from a secular law. Pl. decreta. See DECRETA.

Decretum Gratiani

n. [Latin "Gratian's decree"] See CONCORr DIA DISCORDANTIUM CANONUM.

primum decretum

[Latin "first decree"] 1. Hist. Eccles. law. A preliminary decree granted in favor of the plaintiff on the nonappearance of a defendant. 2. Maritime law. A provisional decree.