Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Carcer ad homines custodiendos, non ad puniendos, dari debet
Imprisonment should be imposed for keeping people in confinement, not for punishing them (further). Co. Litt 260a.
Codex Theodosianus
[Latin] Roman law. A compilation of imperial enactments prepared at the direction of the emperor Theodosius and published in AD. 438. 0 The Codex Theodosianus replaced all other imperial legislation from the time of Constantine I (A.D. 306-337), and remained the basis of Roman law until it was superseded by the Justinian Code in A.D. 529. - Also termed Theodosian Code.
Dos
n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. Dowry. 2. Hist. Dower. "Dos was a gift made to the husband on the part of the wife as her contribution towards the expenses of the joint establishment. It was made by the wife or by another person on her behalf, usually before marriage and conditionally on the marriage taking place; but it might also be made or increased after marriage." R.W. Lee, The Elements of Roman Law 150 (4th ed. 1956).
Dos de dote peti non debet
Dower ought not to be sought from dower.
Dos rationabilis vel legitima est cujuslibet mulieris de quocunque tenemento tertia pars omnium terrarum et tenementorum, quae vir suus tenuit in dominio suo ut de feodo, etc
Reasonable or legitimate dower belongs to every woman of a third part of all the lands and tenements of which her husband was seised in his demesne, as of fee, etc.
Ejidos
n. [Spanish] In Spain, lands used in common by inhabitants of a city, pueblo, or town for such things as pasture, wood, and threshing-ground; commons. - Also termed exidos; exedos.
Exedos
n. See EJIDOS.
Favorabilia in lege sunt tscus, dos, vita, libertas
The treasury, dower, life, and liberty are things favored in law.
Nullum matrimonium, ibi nulla dos
No marriage, there no dower.
Theodosian Code
See CODEX THEODOSIANUS. theolonio. See DE THEOLONIO.
Ubi matrimonium, ibi dos
Where there is marriage, there is dower.
adventitia dos
( latin] civil law. a dowry given by someone other than the wife's paterfamilias.
dos rationabilis
n. [Latin] See dower by the common law under DOWER.
dossier
n. [French] A file or brief; a bundle of papers pertaining to a particular matter.
lex Theodosiana
See BREVIARUM ALARICIANUM.