Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Disorder
1. A lack of proper arrangement <disorder of the files>. 2. An irregularity <a disorder in the proceedings>. 3. A public disturbance; a riot <civil disorder>. 4. A disturbance in mental or physical health <an emotional disorder > < a liver disorder>.
civil disorder
A public disturbance involving three or more people who commit violent acts that cause immediate danger or injury to people or property. See RIOT.
disorderly conduct
Behavior that tends to disturb the public peace, offend public morals, or undermine safety. See BREACH of THE PEACE.
disorderly house
1. A dwelling where people carry on activities that are a nuisance to the neighborhood. 2. A dwelling where people conduct criminal or immoral activities. * Examples are brothels and drug houses. - Also termed bawdy house; house of prostitution; house of ill fame; lewd house."The keeping of one type of disorderly house - the bawdy house - is punished because it violates the social interest in maintaining proper standards of morality and decency .... As included here a house may be disorderly for other reasons. Any house in wh
disorderly person
1. A person guilty of disorderly conduct. 2. A person who breaches the peace, order, decency, or safety of the public, as defined by statute. "Ordinarily, a person who is guilty of disorderly conduct is a 'disorderly person,' but where statutes define 'a disorderly person' and distinguish acts which may constitute the offense of disorderly conduct, the distinction is to be preserved and the different provisions relative to the different offenses particularly followed." 27 C.J.S. Disorderly Conduct ยง 1(1), at 509 (1959).