Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Affectus punitur licet non sequatur effectus
The intention is punished even if the object is not achieved.
Cessante causa, cessat effectus
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases.
Effect
ub. To bring about; to make happen <the t)roper notice did not effect a timely apd>.
Effective assignment
an assignment that terminates the assignor's interest in the property and transfers it to the assignee.
Effective assistance of counsel
a conscientious, meaningful legal representation, whereby the defendant is advised of all rights and the lawyer is given reasonable opportunity to perform assigned tasks.
Effects
n. pl. Movable property; goods <person:rl effects>.
Frustra agit quo judicium prosequi nequit cum effectu
A person sues in vain who cannot prosecute his judgment with effect.
In atrocioribus delictis punitur affectus li. cet non sequatur effectus.
In the more atro. cious crimes, the intent (or attempt) is pun ished even if the effect does not follow.
Ineffective assistance of counsel
a representation in which the lawyer cannot devote full effort to the defendant, usu. Because of a conflict of interest.
Inutilis labor et sine fructu non est effectus legis
Useless and fruitless labor is not the effect of law.
Judicium non debet esse illusorium, suum effectum habere debet
A judgment ought not to be illusory (or deceptive); it ought to have its proper effect. 2 Co. Inst. 341.
Juris effectus in executione consistit
The effect of law (or of a right) consists in the execution.
Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis, tamen potest fieri declaratio praecedens quae sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu
Even if the grant of a future interest is inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made that may take effect, provided a new act intervenes.
Non efcit affectus nisi sequatur effectus
The intention amounts to nothing unless some effect follows.
Non officit conatus nisi sequatur effectus
An attempt does not harm unless a consequence follows.
Non praestat impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum
A thing that has no effect in law is not an impediment.
Non valet impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum
An impediment that does not derive its effect from the law has no force.
Officit conatus si effectus sequatur
The attempt becomes of conswquence if the effect fol lows.
Quod nullum est, nullum producit effectum
That which is null produces no effect.
Reipublicae interest voluntates defunctorum effectum sortiri
It is in the interest of the state that the wills of the dead should have their (intended) effect.
Sic interpretandum est ut verba accipiantur cum effectu
Such an interpretation is to be made that the words may be taken with effect.
Tempus ex suapte natura vim nullam effectricem habet
Time, of its own nature, has no effectual force.
Verba accipienda ut sortiantur effectum
Words are to be taken so that they may have some effect.
Verba aliquid operari debent; verba cum effectu sunt accipienda
Words ought to have some effect; words must be taken so as to have effect.
Verba cum effectu accipienda sunt
Words must be taken so as to have effect.
ad effectum
[Law Latin] To the effect.
ad effectum sequentem
[Law Latin] To the effect following.
chilling effect
1. Constitutional law. The result of a law or practice that seriously discourages the exercise of a constitutional right, such as the right to appeal or the right of free speech. 2. Broadly, the result when any practice is discouraged. Chimel
cumulative-effects doctrine
The rule that a transaction affecting interstate commerce in a trivial way may be taken together with other similar transactions to establish that the combined effect on interstate commerce is not trivial and can therefore be regulated under the Commerce Clause.
effective assignment
See ASSIGNMENT (2).
effective assistance of counsel
See ASSIS:CE OF COUNSEL.
effective cause
See immediate cause under .FUSE (1).
effective date
The date on which a statute, contract, insurance policy, or other such instrument becomes enforceable or otherwise takes effect, which sometimes differs from the date on which it was enacted or signed.
effective possession
See constructive possession.
effective rate
See INTEREST RATE.
effects doctrine
See AFFECTS DOCTRINE.
environmental effect
Environmental law. A natural or artificial disturbance of the physical, chemical, or biological components that make up the environment.
force and effect
n. Legal efficacy <mailing the brief had the force and effect of filing it with the clerk>. ( The term is now generally regarded as a redundant legalism.
ineffective assistance of counsel
See Asses TANCE OF COUNSEL.
neighborhood effect
See EXTERNALITY.
personal effects
Items of a personal character; esp., personal property owned by a decedent at the time of death.
take effect
ub. 1. To become operative or executed. 2. To be in force; to go into operation.