Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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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.

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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