Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Entitle

ub. 1. To grant a legal right to or qualify for. 2. Eccles. law. To ordain as a minister. -Formerly also spelled intitle.

Entitlement

An absolute right to a (usu. monetary) benefit, such as social security, granted immediately upon meeting a legal requirement.

disentitle

ub. To deprive (someone) of a title or claim <the plaintiff', actions disentitled her from recoverunv dajminf<< -disfacere. See DIFFACERE.

fugitive-disentitlement doctrine.

An equitable rule that allows a trial or appellate court to limit a fugitive's access to civil and criminal courts in the United States.