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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Draw

ub. 1. To create and sign (a draft) <draw a check to purchase goods>. 2. To prepare or frame (a legal document) <draw up a will>. 3. To take out (money) from a bank, treasury, or depository <she then drew $6,000 from her account>. 4. To select (a jury) < the lawyers then began voir dire and had soon drawn a jury>.

Drawback

A government allowance or refund on import duties when the importer reexports imported products rather than selling them domestically. 19 USCA ยง 1313.

Drawee bank

see payor bank.

Drawer

One who directs a person or entity, usu. a bank, to pay a sum of money stated in an instrument - for example, a person who writes a check; the maker of a note or draft. See mAxEx.

Drawlatch

Hist. A thief; a robber who waits until homes are empty, then draws the homes' door latches to steal what is inside. drayage. A charge for transporting property. dread-disease insurance See INSURANCE.

Overdraw

, ub. To draw on (an account) in excess of the balance on deposit; to make an overdraft.

dog-draw.

Hist. The apprehension of someone chasing a deer in a forest with a dog. "Dog-draw is an apparent deprehension of an offender against venison in the forest. There are four kinds of them observed by Manwood, part. 2, cap. 18, num. 9, of his Forest Laws, that is, dog-draw, stable-stand, backbear, and bloody-hand. Dog-draw is, when one is found drawing after a deer by the scent of a hound led in his hand." Termes de la Ley 181 (1st Am. ed. 1812).

drawee

The person or entity that a draft is directed to and that is requested to pay the amount stated on it. ( The drawee is usu. a bank that is directed to pay a sum of money on an instrument. - Also termed payor.

drawee bank

See payor bank under BANK.

drawing account

See ACCOUNT.

drawing lots

An act of selection or decisionmaking based on pure chance, with the result depending on the particular lot drawn. ( Jurors are usu. instructed by the court not to base their verdict on drawing lots or similar methods of chance.

esp., an imaginary line drawn lengthwise through the middle of a stream's current. mid-level scrutiny

See INTERMEDIATE SCRUTINY.

hanged, drawn, and quartered

Hist. An ancient sentence for high treason, consisting of the prisoner's being drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, hanged by the neck (but not until dead), disemboweled, and beheaded, and the body then divided into four pieces for the king's disposal. ( The sentence was abolished in England in 1870. See TREASON.

negotiable order of withdrawal

A negotiable instrument (such as a check) payable on demand and issued against funds deposited with a financial institution. - Abbr. NOW.

negotiable-order-of-withdrawal account

See NOW account.

negotiable-order-of-withdrawal account.

See NOW account under ACCOUNT.

withdrawal

n. 1. The act of taking back or away; removal <withdrawal of consent>. 2. The act of retreating from a place, position, or situation <withdrawal from the moot-court competition>. 3. The removal of money from a depository <withdrawal of funds . from the checking account>. 4. RENUNCIATION (2) <with. drawal from the conspiracy to commit arson. - withdraw, ub.

withdrawal of charges

The removal of charges by the one bringing them, such as a prosecutor. See NOLLE PROSEQUI.

withdrawal of counsel

An attorney's termination of his or her role in representing a party in a lawsuit. ( An attorney usu. must obtain the court's permission to withdraw from a case. Such permission is usu. sought by a written motion (1) explaining the reason for the requested withdrawal (often, a conflict between attorney and client over a matter such as strategy or fees), and (2) stating whether the client agrees.

withdrawing a juror

The act or an instance of removing a juror, usu. to obtain a continuance in a case or, sometimes in English practice, to end the case, as when the case has settled, the parties are too anxious to proceed to verdict, or the judge recommends it because the action is not properly before the court.

withdrawing record

A plaintiff's removing of the nisi prius or trial record to prevent the case from being tried, usu. either before the jury is sworn or afterwards with the consent of defense counsel.