Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Bail-enforcement agent
see bounty hunter.
Enforce
ub. 1. To give force or effect to (a law, etc.); to compel obedience to. 2. Loosely, to compel a person to pay damages for not complying with (a contract).
Enforcement
n. The act or process of compelling compliance with a law, mandate, or command.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.
A uniform law, adopted by several states, that gives the holder of a foreign judgment essentially the same rights to levy and execute on the judgment as the holder of a domestic judgment. ( The Act defines a foreign judgment as any judgment, decree, or order of a court in the United States or of any other court) that is entitled to full faith and credit in the state. See FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
A federal agency (part of the Department of Justice) responsible for administering lawenforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. - Abbr. LEAA.
Law Enforcement Information Network
A computerized communications system used in some states to document drivers' license records, automobile registrations, wanted persons' files, etc. - Abbr. LEIN.
Unenforceable
adj. (Of a contract) valid but incapable of being enforced. Cf. VOID; VOIDABLE. unenforceable contract. See CONTRACT.
Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
A uniform state law giving the holder of a foreign judgment the right to levy and execute as if it were a domestic judgment.
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act
A uniform law providing a procedure by which an alimony or child-support decree issued by one state can be enforced against a former spouse who resides in another state. -Abbr. URESA.
enforcement power.
The authority by which Congress may enforce a particular constitutional amendment's provisions by appropriate legislation. 0 Enforcement power is granted to Congress under the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendments.
extrajudicial enforcement
See SELF-HELP.
law enforcement
1 The detection and punishment of violations of the law. ( This term is not limited to the enforcement of criminal laws. For example, the Freedom of Information Act contains an exemption from disclosure for information compiled for law-enforcement purposes and furnished in confidence. That exemption is valid for the enforcement of a variety of noncriminal laws (such as national-security laws) as well as criminal laws. See 5 USCA § 552(b)(7). 2. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (2). 3. Police officers and other members of the executive branch of government charged with carrying out and enforcing the criminal law.
law enforcement.
See LAW ENFORCEMENT.
law-enforcement officer
A person whose duty is to enforce the laws and preserve the peace. See PEACE OFFICER; SHERIFF.
law-enforcement system
See CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SYSTEM.
motion to enforce discovery
See MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY.
remedial enforcement
See secondary right under RIGHT.
sanctional enforcement.
See secondary right under RIGHT.
secondary enforcement.
See secondary right under RIGHT.
selective enforcement
The practice of lawenforcement officers who use wide or even unfettered discretion about when and where to carry out certain laws; esp., the practice of singling a person out for prosecution or punishment under a statute or regulation because the person is a member of a protected group or because the person has exercised or is planning to exercise a constitutionally protected right. -Also termed selective prosecution. Cf. VINDICTIVE PROSECUTION. "The chief of police of a New England town once declared to the press that he believed in a strict curfew law, 'selectively enforced.' 'Selective enforcement' in this case means that the policeman decides for himself who ought to be sent home from the street; legislative candour would suggest that if this is the intention it ought to be expressed in the law itself, instead of being concealed behind words that are 'strict' and categorical." Lon L. Fuller, Anatomy of the Law 42 (1968).
selective enforcement.
See SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.
specific enforcement
See primary right under RIGHT.
specific enforcement.
See primary right under RIGHT.
unenforceable contract
A valid contract that, because of some technical defect, cannot be enforced; a contract having some legal consequences, but that may not be enforced in an action for damages or specific performance in the face of certain defenses, such as the statute of frauds. ( Unenforceable contracts share many features with voidable contracts, but unlike the latter, in some instances they may be enforced indirectly. Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 8 cmt. a (1981). - Also termed agreement of imperfect obligation "The difference between what is voidable and what is unenforceable is mainly a difference between substance and procedure. A contract may be good, but incapable of proof owing to lapse of time, want of written form, or failure to affix a revenue stamp. Writing in the first cases, a stamp in the last, may satisfy the requirements of law and render the contract enforceable, but it is never at any time in the power of either party to avoid the transaction. The contract is unimpeachable, only it cannot be proved in court." William R. Anson, Principles of the Law of Contract 19-20 (Arthur L. Corbin ed., 3d Am. ed. 1919).