Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Dependency
1. A land or territory geographically distinct from the country governing it, but belonging to the country and governed by its laws. 0 The Philippines was formerly a dependency of the United States. Cf. COMMONWEALTH; TERRITORY. 2. A relationship between two persons or things whereby one is sustained by the other or relies on the other for support or necessities.
dependency exemption
An exemption granted to an individual taxpayer for each dependent whose gross income is less than the exemption amount and for each child who is younger than 19 or, if a student, younger than 24.