Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Domestic
adj. 1. Of or relating to one's own country <domestic affairs>. 2. Of or relating to one's own jurisdiction <in Alaska, a domestic corporation is an Alaskan one>. 3. Of cat relating to the family or The household, a. domestic dispute:-.
Domestic International Sales Corporal
A U.S. corporation, esp. a subsidiary WHOSE income is primarily attributable to exports. s, Income tax on part of a DISC's income is USU deferred, resulting in a lower overall corporatftax for the parent than it would otherwise, incur. IRC (26 USCA) §§ 991-997 - Abbr. DISC.
Domesticus
n. [Latin] Hist. Steward; judge's assistant; assessor.
Judex bonus nihil ex arbitrio suo faciat nec propositione domesticae voluntatis, sed juxta leges et jura pronunciet
A good judge should do nothing from his own preference or from the prompting of his private desire; but he should pronounce according to law and justice.
court of domestic relations
See family court.
domestic authority
A defense allowing a person responsible for another (such as a parent responsible for a child) to use nondeadly fore, when reasonably necessary t,) prwect tht person being cared for.
domestic bill
1. A bill of exchange that is !ayable in the state or country in which it is ;rawn. 2. A bill on which both the drawer and drawee reside within the same state or country. - Also termed (in sense 2) inland bill of exchange. Cf. foreign bill.
domestic consumption
. See bonded warehouse under WAREHOUSE.
domestic corporation
1. A corporation that is organized and chartered under the laws of a state. ( The corporation is considered domestic by the chartering state. Cf. foreign corporation. 2. Tax. A corporation created or organized in the United States or under federal or state law. IRC (26 USCA) § 7701(a)(4).
domestic court
1. A court having jurisdiction at the place of a party's residence or domicile. 2. See family court. domestic-relations court. See family court.
domestic creditor
A creditor who resides in the same state or country as the debtor or the debtor's property.
domestic dispute
A disturbance, usu. at a residence and usu. within a family, involving vio lence and often resulting in a call to a law enforcement agency. - Also termed domestt, disturbance; family distlrrbancP. See donwsti, violence under VIOLENCE. domestic export See EXPORT
domestic export
A product originally grown or manufactured in the United States, as distinguished from a product originally imported into the United States and then exported. 2. The process of transporting products or services to another country.
domestic guardian
See GUARDI
domestic guardian.
A guardian appointed in the state in which the ward is domiciled.
domestic judgment
A judgment rendered by the courts of the state or country where the judgment or its effect is at issue.
domestic relations
See FAMILY LAW
domestic servant
A household servant. Often shortened to domestic.
domestic violence
Violence between members of a household, usu. spouses; an assault or other violent act committed by one memher of a household against another. See BATTERED-CHILD SYNDROME; BATTERED-WOMAN SYNDROME.
domestic-relations court .
See family court under court.
domestic-relations law
See FAMILY LAW.
forum domesticum
[Latin] Hist. A domestic court. ( This type of court decides matters (such as professional discipline) arising within the organization that created it.
qualified domestic-relations order.
A statecourt order or judgment that relates to alimony, child support, or some other state domesticrelation matter and that (1) recognizes or provides for an alternate payee's right to receive all or part of any benefits due a participant under a pension, profit-sharing, or other retirement benefit plan, (2) otherwise satisfies the provisions of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code, and (3) is exempt from the ERISA rule prohibiting the assignment of plan benefits. ( Among other things, the QDRO must set out certain facts, including the name and lastknown mailing address of the plan participant and alternate payee, the amount or percentage of benefits going to the alternate payee, and the number of payments to which the plan applies. The benefits provided under a QDRO are treated as income to the actual recipient. IRC (26 USCA) § 414(p)(1)(A); 29 USCA § 1056(d)(3)(D)(i). - Abbr. QDRO.