Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Durante
[Law Latin] While; during, as in durante minore aetate ("during minority"), durante uiduitate ("during widowhood"), durante uirginitate ("during virginity"), and durante vita ("during life"). ( The term was often used in conveyancing.
Minor non tenetur respondere durante minors aetati, nisi in causa dotis, propter favorem
A minor is not bound to answer during his minority, except as a matter of favor in a cause of dower.
administration durante absentia
An administration granted during the absence of either the executor or the person who has precedence as administrator.
administration durante minore aetate
An administration granted during the minority of either a child executor or the person who has precedence as administrator.
durante absentia
[Law Latin] During absence. ( This term referred to the administration of an estate while the executor was out of the county or otherwise absent. During the executor's absence, the administration sometimes continued because a delay until the executor's return would impair the estate settlement.
durante bene placito
[Law Latin] During good pleasure. 0 This phrase was used in the royal writ granting tenure durante bene placito to the king' judges.