Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Description

1. A delineation or explanation of something by an account setting forth the subject's characteristics or qualities <description of a patentable process > . 2. A representation by words or drawing of something seen or heard or otherwise experienced <description of the criminal> <description of the accident>. 3. An enumeration or specific identification of something <description of items in the estate. 4. LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

land description

See LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

legal description

A. formal description of real property, including a description of any part subject to an easement or reservation, complete enough that a particular piece of land can be located and identified. ( The description can be made by reference to a government survey, metes and bounds, or lot numbers of a recorded plat. - Also termed land description.

misdescription.

1. A contractual error or falsity that deceives, injures, or materially misleads one of the contracting parties. 2. A bailee's inaccurate identification, in a document of title, of goods received from the bailor. 3. An inaccurate legal description of land in a deed. misdirection. See MISCHARGE.

summary plan description

Under ERISA, an outline of an employee benefit plan, containing such information as the identity of the plan administrator, the requirements for eligibility and participation in the plan, circumstances that may result in disqualification or denial of benefits, and the identity of any insurers responsible for financing or administering the plan. ( A summary plan description must generally be furnished to all employee-benefit-plan participants and beneficiaries. 29 USCA ยง 1022.