Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Demidietas
n [law Latin] A half; a moiety.
Diet
1. A regimen, esp. of food. 2. A governing body's meeting day for legislative, political, or religious purposes; specif, a national assembly of various European countries, such as the diet of the German empire, which was summoned by the emperor regularly to perform various functions, including levying taxes, enacting laws, and declaring war. 3. Scots law. A day to perform a duty, such as a court sitting day, an appearance day, and a criminal pleading or trial day. - Also spelled dyet."In procedure on indictment there are two diets, the pleading diet, when the accused is called to plead, and the trial diet when, if he has pled not guilty, he is tried." David M. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 357 (1980).
Dimidietas
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Half of something; a moiety.
de medietate linguae
[Law Latin] Of half-tongue. ( This term describes a jury made up of an equal number of natives and aliens. Edward III originally provided for such a jury in commercial cases when one party was an alien. It was later extended to criminal cases. If enough aliens could not be found, trial proceeded with the available number.
dieta
n. [fr. Latin dies "day"] Hist. 1. A day's journey. 2. A day's work. 3. A day's expenses.
dietary law
Any of the body of laws observed by orthodox Jews regulating which foods may be eaten, how the foods must be prepared and served, and what combinations and contacts (as between meat and milk) are prohibited.
jury de medietate linguae
See JURY.
medietas linguae
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Half-tongue. ( The term was applied to a jury equally divided between natives and aliens. See DE MEDIETATE LINGUAE.