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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Bad faith

n. 1. Dishonesty of <the lawyer filed the pleading in bad faith>. -also termed males fides (mal-a-ft-deez)

C'est le crime qui fait la honte, et non pas mchafaud

It is the crime that causes the shame, and not the scaffold.

Defender of the Faith

See DEFENSOR FIDEL

Fait

[Law French fr. Latin factum] Anything done; an act or deed. ( The term fait accompli (fay or fe to-kom-plee), meaning "a deed accomplished," which is not merely legal, is related to this word.

Faithfully Executed Clause

The clause of the U.S. Constitution providing that the President must take care that the laws are carried out faithfully. U.S. Const. art. II, § 3.

Full Faith and Credit Clause.

U.S. Const. art. IV, § 1, which requires states to give effect to the legislative acts, public records, and judicial decisions of other states. full hearing. See HEARING.

Le contrat fait la loi

The contract makes the law.

dum fait in prisona

n. [Law Latin "while he was in prison"] Hist. A writ restoring a man to his estate after he transferred the estate under duress of imprisonment. See DURESS OF IMPRISONMENT.

duty of good faith and fair dealing

A duty that is implied in some contractual relationships, requiring the parties to deal with each other fairly, so that neither prohibits the other from realizing the agreement's benefits. This duty is most commonly implied in insurance contracts, and usu. against the insurer, regarding matters such as the insurer's obligation to settle reasonable demands that are within the policy's coverage limits. See GOOD FAITH; BAD FAITH.

fait enrolle

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

faith and trust

See FLIM FLAM.

fine annullando levato de tenemento quod fait de antiquo dominico

[Latin "a fine to be annulled levied from a tenant which was of ancient demesne"] Hist. A writ for disannulling a conveyance of land in ancient demesne to the lord's prejudice.

fuer in fait

[Law French "flight in fact"] Actual flight from the law. -Also termed fugere in facta.

full faith and credit.

A state's enforcement of another jurisdiction's laws or judicial decisions.

full-faith-and-credit bond

See general-obligation bond.

full-faith-and-credit bond.

See general-obli. gation bond under BOND (3).

good faith

n. A state of mind consisting in (1) honesty in belief or purpose, (2) faithfulness to one's duty or obligation, (3) observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in a given trade or business, or (4) absence of intent to defraud or to seek unconscionable advantage. - Also termed bona fides. - goodfaith, adj. Cf. BAD FAITH.

good-faith bargaining

Labor law. Negotiations between an employer and a representative of employees, usu. a union, in which both parties meet and confer at reasonable times with open minds and with a view to reaching an agreement. 0 The National Labor Relations Act requires good-faith bargaining, and failure to bargain in good faith is considered an unfair labor practice. 29 USCA §§ 151-169. See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE.

good-faith exception

Criminal procedure. An exception to the exclusionary rule whereby evidence obtained under a warrant later found to be unsupported by probable cause is nonetheless admissible if the police reasonably relied on the notion that the warrant was valid. 0 The good-faith exception was adopted by the Supreme Court in United States u. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405 (1984).

good-faith margin

The amount of margin that a creditor exercising good judgment would customarily require for a specified security position. ( This amount is established without regard to the customer's other assets or securities positions held with respect to unrelated transactions. marginable security. See SECURITY. margin account. See ACCOUNT. marginal cost. See COST (1).

good-faith purchaser

See bona fide purchaser.

holder in good faith.

One who takes property or an instrument without knowledge of any defect in its title.

implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing

See COVENANT (1).

monstrans de faits

[Law French] Hist. A showing of deeds; a pro. fort.

nient le fait

[Law French] Hist. Not the deed. ( This term was the earlier version of non est factum. See NON EST FACTUM.

nul fait agard

[Law French] No award was made. Cf AGARD.

purchaser in good faith

See bona fide purchaser. 2. One who acquires real property by means other than descent or inheritance.

riens passa per le fait

[Law French "nothing passed by the deed"] Hist. A plea by which a party seeks to avoid the operation of a deed that has been enrolled or acknowledged in court.

soit droit fait al partie

[Law French] Hist. Let right be done to the party. 0 This phrase is written on a petition of right and subscribed by the Crown.

soit fait comme il est desire

[Law French] Let it be as it is desired. ( This is the phrase indicating royal assent to a private act of Parliament.