Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Definitio
n. [fr. Latin definire "definition"] Civil law. 1. A definition; an explanation of something. 2. The establishment of a general rule. 3. A boundary.
Definition
The meaning of a term as explicitly stated in a drafted document such as a contract, a corporate bylaw, an ordinance, or a statute; a definiens.
Omnis definitio injure civili periculosa est, parum est enim ut non subverti posit
Every definition in the civil law is dangerous, for there is very little that cannot be overthrown.
Vocabula artium explicanda sunt secundum definitiones prudentium
Teniis of :tr are to be explained according to the definitions of those who are experienced in that art.
lexical definition
A dictionary-style definition of a word, purporting to give the full meaning of a term.
stipulatiue definition
A definition that, for purposes of the document in which it appears, arbitrarily clarifies a term with uncertain boundaries or that includes or excludes specified items from the ambit of the term.
stipulative definition
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