Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Debet sua cuique domus esse perfugium tutissimum

Every person's house should be his safest refuge.

Domus

n. [Latin] A house; an abode.

Domus Procerum

n. [Latin "house of nobles"] The House of Lords. - Abbr. Dom. Proc.; D.P.

Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium.

Everyone's house is his safest refuge.

Domus tutissimum cuique refugium atque receptaculum sit

Everyone's house should be his safest refuge and shelter.

Ecclesia est domus mansionalis omnipotentis dei

The church is the mansionhouse of the omnipotent God.

domus Dei

n. [Law Latin] House of God. 0 This term was applied to various hospitals and religious houses, such as the Hospital of St. Julian in Southampton.

domus conversorum

n. [Law Latin "house of the converts"] Hist. An institution, established by Henry III for converted Jews, that continued until Edward III expelled Jews from the kingdom and converted the institution to a chancery record office.