Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Demand
ub. 1. To claim as one's due: to require; to seek relief. 2. To summon; to call into court.
Demandant
Archaic. The plaintiff in a real action (the defendant being called a tenant). See real action under ACTION.
Demandress
Archaic. A female demandant.
Nullus alius quam rex possit episcopo demandare inquisitionem faciendam
No other than the king can command the bishop to make an inquisition.
aggregate demand
1. The total amount spent on goods and services in an economy during a specific period. 2. The total demand for a firm's products and services during a specific period.
aggregate demand.
see demand (3)
cross-demand
A party's demand opposing an adverse party's demand. See COUNTERCLAIM; CROSS-CLAIM.
cross-elasticity of demand
Antitrust. A relationship between two products, usu. substitutes for each other, in which a price change for one product affects the price of the other.
demand clause
A provision in a note allowing the holder to compel full payment if the maker fails to meet an installment.
demand deposit
A bank deposit that the depositor may withdraw at any time without prior notice to the bank.
demand draft
See sight draft under DRAFT.
demand for document inspection
See REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION,
demand for relief
See PRAYER FOR RELIEF.
demand instrument
An instrument payable on demand, at sight, or on presentation, as opposed to an instrument that is payable at a set future date. - Also termed demand note.
demand letter
A letter by which one party explains its legal position in a dispute and requests that the recipient take some action (such as paying money owed), or else risk being sued. a Under some statutes (esp. consumerprotection laws), a demand letter is a prerequisite for filing a lawsuit.
demand loan
See call loan.
demand note
A note payable whenever the creditor wants to be paid. See call loan under LOAN.
demand of oyer
Hist. The assertion of a party's right to hear, read, or inspect a deed of which profert is made by the opposing party in a pleading. See OYER (3).
demand of view
Hist. In a real action, a defendant's request to see the thing at issue to ascertain its identity and the circumstances of the claim. 0 If a real action was brought against a tenant who did not know what land was at issue, the tenant might demand a view. See VIEW (4).
demand-pull inflation
See INFLATION.
demand-pull inflation.
Inflation caused by an excess of demand over supply.
derived demand
Product demand that is related to another product's demand.
incidental demand
Civil law. A plea by which a party other than the plaintiff asserts a claim that is related to the plaintiffs suit. ( Examples include a cross-claim, a demand against a third party, an intervention, and a reconventional demand. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1031.
legal demand
See DEMAND (1).
liquidated demand
See liquidated claim under CLAIM (2).
main demand
Civil law. A plaintiffs principal or primary claim against one or more defendants, contained in an original or validly amended pleading. - Also termed principal demand; principal action.
money demand
A claim for a fixed, liquidated sum, as opposed to a damage claim that must be assessed by a jury.
mutual demands
Countering demands between two parties at the same time <a claim and counterclaim in a lawsuit are mutual demands > .
on demand
When presented or upon request for payment <this note is payable on demand. - Also termed on call. See PAYABLE.
oyer, demand of
See DEMAND OF OYER.
payable on demand
Payable when presented or upon request for payment; payable at any time.
peak demand
The point (during some specified period) at which customer use results in the highest level of demand for a utility.
personal demand
An in-person demand for payment upon the drawer, maker, or acceptor of a bill or note. 3. In economics, the intensity of buyer pressure on the availability and cost of a commodity or service.
principal demand
See main demand under DEMAND (1).
reconaentional demand
Civil law. A plea by which a defendant asserts any claim that it has against the plaintiff, or any offset against the plaintiffs claim. ( This plea is similar to the common-law counterclaim. La. Code Civ. Proc. 1061 et seq. 2. A request for payment of a debt or an amount due.
reconventional demand.
See DEMAND (1).