Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Dos de dote peti non debet
Dower ought not to be sought from dower.
Dote
vb. 1. To be silly due to old age. 2. To bestow excessive fondness. dote assignanda (doh-tee as-ig-nan-da). See DE DOTE ASSIGNANDA.
de dote assignanda
n. [Law Latin "for assigning dower"] Hist. A writ ordering a royal escheater to provide dower to a widow of a tenant holding an estate directly from the Crown.
de dote unde nil habet
n. [Law Latin "of dower whereof she has none"] A writ ordering a tenant interfering with a widow's right to dower to provide a reasonable dower. - Also termed writ of dow "DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET. This is a writ of right in its nature .... It must be brought by the widow as demandant, against the tenant of the freehold, that is, the heir or his ahenee, and its effect is to enable the former to recover from the latter the seisin of a third part of the tenements in demand, to be set forth to her in severalty by metes and bounds, together with damages and costs." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 433 (2d ed. 1867).
dote unde nil habet
See DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET.
pro dote
[Latin] Civil law. As a dowry; by title of dowry. ( This is a ground of usucaption. See USUCAPIO.