Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Dignity
n. 1. The state of being noble; the state of being dignified. 2. An elevated title or position. 3. A person holding an elevated title; a dignitary. 4. A right to hold a title of nobility, which may be hereditary or for life."Dignities may be hereditary, such as peerages . . . or for life, such as life peerages and knighthoods. The dignities of peerages and baronetcies are created by writ or letters patent, that of knighthood by dubbing as knight. A dignity of inheritance may
against the peace and dignity of the state
a concluding phrase in an indictment, used i o condemn the offending conduct generally opposed to the specific charge of wrongdor r contained in the body of the instrument). this phrase derives from the law latin con/!: pacem domini regis ("against the peace of vie lord thi, kitrr;" , a charoni , phrase fortrrerlv used in indictments and in civil actions of trespass. see king's peace.
indignity.
Family law. A ground for divorce consisting in one spouse's pattern of behavior calculated to humiliate the other.