Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assessment district
See district
Catallis captis nomine districtionis
[Latin "chattels taken in name of distress"] Hist. A writ permitting a landlord who is owed rent to distrain (i.e., seize) the doors, windows, and gates of the tenant's house
District
1. A territorial area into which a country, state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision is divided for judicial, political, electoral, or administrative purposes. 2. A territorial area in which similar local businesses or entities are concentrated, such as a theater district or an arts district. - Abbr. D.
District of Columbia
The seat of the U.S. government, situated on the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. ( Though neither a state nor a territory, it is constitutionally subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress. - Abbr. D.C.
Districting
The act of drawing lines or establishing boundaries between geographic areas to create voting districts. See APPORTIONMENT; GERRYMANDERING.
In omni actione ubi duae concurrunt districtiones, videlicet in rem et in personam, illa districtio tenenda est quae magis timetur et magis ligat
In every action where two distresses (or forms of distraint) concur, that is in rem and in personam, the distraint is to be chosen that is more dreaded and that binds more firmly. Bracton 372.
Redistrict
vb. To organize into new districts, esp. legislative ones; reapportion. Redistricting See REAPPORTIONMENT.
United States District Attorney
See UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.
United States District Court
A federal trial court having jurisdiction within its judicial district. - Abbr. U.S.D.C.
assessment district
Tax. A usu. municipal subdivision in which separate assessments of taxable property are made.
congressional district
A geographical unit of a state from which one member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected.
consolidated school district
A publicschool district in which two or more existing schools have consolidated into a single district.
district attorney
A public official appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in a particular judicial district; PROSECUTOR (1). - Abbr. D.A. - Also termed public prosecutor; state's attorney; prosecuting attorney. Cf. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.
district clerk
The clerk of a district court within a state or federal system. See district court under COURT 3. An employee who performs general office work. 4. A law student who assists a lawyer or judge with legal research, writing, and other tasks. - Also termed law clerk; extern; or (depending on the time of year) summer clerk; summer associate. See INTERN. 5. A lawyer who assists a judge with research, writing, and case management. "[M]odern American judging in all courts of national significance - the federal courts and the more prominent state appellate courts - staggers along despite the burden of bloated caseloads and the shortcomings of distinctly human judges only by the deleg
district court
See COURT.
district judge
A judge in a federal or state judicial district. - Abbr. D.J.
district judge.
See JUDGE.
district parish
Eccles. law. A geographical division of an English parish made by the Crown's commissioners for the building of new churches for worship, celebration of mar riages, christenings, and burial ,
district school
A public school contained in and maintained by a school district. See SCHOOL DISTRICT.
district school.
See SCHOOL.
district-court magistrate
In some states, a quasi judicial officer given the power to set bail, accept bond, accept guilty pleas, impose sentences for traffic violations and similar offenses, and conduct informal hearings on civil infractions.
districtio
n. [Law Latin "distraint"] Hist. 1. A distress; a distraint. 2. The right of distress. 3. Something (such as a good or animal) that can be distrained. 4. A territory within which distraint can be exercised. 5. Any compulsory proceeding.
drainage district
A political subdivision authorized to levy assessments for making drainage improvements within its area."In the United States there are numerous special districts that administer drainage projects. They are typically formed under state law after a local election or petition showing consent of a majority of affected landowners. The projects are usually publinew' land for buildings and other improvements . . . . Special statutes governing drainage districts generally exempt them from restraints .... But if private property rights are taken or if others are damaged, compensation must be paid." David H. Getches
election district
A subdivision of a state, county, or city that is established to facilitate an election or to elect governmental representatives for that subdivision.
floterial district
A legislative district that includes several separate districts or political subdivisions that independently would not be entitled to additional representation, but whose conglomerate population entitles the district to another seat in the legislative body being apportioned.
floterial district.
See DISTRICT.
influence district
A voting district in which a racial or ethnic minority group does not constitute a majority of the voters, but does make up a sufficient proportion of the voters to constitute an influential minority, thus being able to elect its preferred candidate with a reasonable number of crossover votes from other groups. Cf. MAJORITY-MINORITY DISTRICT.
land district
A federally created state or territorial division containing a U.S. land office that manages the disposition of the district's public lands.
legislative district
See DISTRICT,
legislative districting
The process of dividing a state into territorial districts to be represented in the state or federal legislature. See APPORTIONMENT; GERRYMANDERING; REAPPORTIONMENT.
levee district
A local or regional political subdivision organized to construct and maintain levees within its territory at public expense.
majority-minority district
A voting district in which a racial or ethnic minority group makes up a majority of the voting citizens. Cf. INFLUENCE DISTRICT.
metropolitan district
A special district, embracing parts of or entire cities and towns in a metropolitan area, created by a state to provide unified administration of one or more common services, such as water supply or public transportation.
mineral district.
A particular region of the country where valuable minerals are typically found and mined.
multidistrict litigation
Civil procedure. Federal-court litigation in which civil actions pending in different districts and involving common fact questions are transferred to a single district for coordinated pretrial proceedings, after which the actions are returned to their original districts for trial. ( Multidistrict litigation is governed by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which is composed of seven circuit and district judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States. 28 USCA ยง 1407. -Abbr. MDL.
municipal utility district
A publicly owned corporation, or a political subdivision, that provides the public with a service or services, such as water, electricity, gas, transportation, or telecommunications. - Abbr. MUD. - Also termed public utility district. school district See SCHOOL DISTRICT.
public utility district
See municipal utility district under DISTRICT.
school district
A political subdivision of a state, created by the legislature and invested with local powers of self-government, to build, maintain, fund, and support the public schools within its territory and to otherwise assist the state in administering its educational responsibilities.
special district
A political subdivision that is created to bypass normal borrowing limitations, to insulate certain activities from traditional political influence, to allocate functions to entities reflecting particular expertise, and to provide a single service within a specified area <a transit authority is a special district > .
stock-law district.
A district in which cattle or other stock are prohibited from running free.
taxing district
A district - constituting the whole state, a county, a city, or other smaller unit - throughout which a particular tax or assessment is ratably apportioned and levied on the district's inhabitants.
water district
An geographical subdivision created by a state or local government entity to provide the public with a water supply.