Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Cum par delictum est duorum, semper oneratur petitor, et melior habetur possessoris causa
Where two parties are equally at fault, the claimant always is at the disadvantage, and the party in possession has the better cause.
Delictum
See DELICT.
Dominus capitalis loco haeredis habetur, quoties per defectum vel delictum extinguitur sanguis sui tenentis
The supreme lord takes the place of the heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime.
Excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus
That excuses or extenuates a wrong in capital causes which does not have the same effect in civil suits.
Majus est delictum seipsum occidere quam alium
It is a greater crime to kill one's self than another.
Necessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus
Necessity excuses or extenuates delinquency in capital cases, but does not have the same effect in civil cases.
challenge propter delictum
A challenge based on a claim that the potential juror has lost citizenship rights, as by being convicted of an infamous crime. See CIVIL DEATH (1).
par delictum
. [Latin] Equal guilt; equal wrong.
propter delictum
See challenge propter delictum under CHALLENGE.