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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Enroll

ub. 1. To register or transcribe (a legal document, as a deed) into an official record on execution. - Formerly also spelled inroll. 2. To prepare (a bill passed by the legislature) for the executive's signature. Cf. ENGROSS. enrolled, adj. Registered; recorded.

Enrollment

n. The act of recording or registering.

Enrollment Office

Hist. A department of the Court of Chancery responsible for storing enrolled deeds and judgments. ( The Enrollment Office was abolished in 1879; its duties were transferred to the Central Office.

clerk of enrollments

Hist. The former chief of the Enrollment Office, which the British Parliament abolished in 1879, reassigning its duties to the Central Office. See ENROLLMENT OFFICE; CENTRAL OFFICE.

enrolled agent

One who, though neither a certified public accountant nor an attorney, has been admitted to practice before the IRS, either by passing an examination or by working for the IRS in a technical area for at least five years. ( The enrolled agent is one of four types of persons who are allowed to practice before the IRS, the other three being attorneys, certified public accountants, and persons who are admitted to represent either themselves or others in a particular case. enrolled bill. See BILL (3)

enrolled bill.

A bill passed by both houses of the legislature and signed by their presiding officers. See ENROLLED-BILL RULE.

enrolled-bill rule

The conclusive presumption that a statute, once formalized, appears precisely as the legislature intended, thereby preventing any challenge to the drafting of the bill.

enrollment of vessels

Maritime law. The recording and certification of vessels used in coastal or inland navigation, as distinguished from the "registration" of vessels used in foreign commerce. ( Enrollment and registry are used to distinguish certificates granted to two classes of vessels. Enrollment evidences the national character of a vessel engaged in coasting trade or home traffic; registry is used to declare the nationality of a vessel engaged in foreign trade. Cf. REGISTRY (2).

fait enrolle

[Law French] Hist. An enrolled deed of a sale of a freehold estate.