Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Drop

English law. A rule nisi that is not adopted because the members of a court are equally divided on the issue. ( The rule is dropped rather than discharged or made absolute.

Eavesdropping

The act of secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent. Cf. BUGGING; WIRETAPPING.

drop letter

A letter addressed to someone in the delivery area of the post office where the letter was posted.

drop shipper

A wholesaler who arranges to have goods shipped directly from a manufacturer to a consumer. See DROP-SHIPMENT DELIVERY.

drop-down clause

An insurance-policy provision requiring an excess insurer to provide coverage to the insured even though the underlying coverage has not been exhausted, usu. because the underlying insurers are insolvent.

drop-shipment delivery

A manufacturer's shipment of goods directly to the consumer rather than initially to a wholesaler. ( If the wholesaler takes the order, it may receive part of the profit from the sale.

dropsy testimony

A police officer's false testimony that a fleeing suspect dropped an illegal substance that was then confiscated by the police and used as probable cause for