Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Fasti

[Latin] Roman law. 1. The days on which court can be held. ( In this sense, fasti is a shortened form of dies fasti. 2. A calendar of days on which court can be held. See dies fasti under DIES.

dies fasti

n. [Latin] Roman law. A day when justice could be administered; a day when the praetor could officially pronounce the three words "do," "dico," and "addico." - Also called triuerbial days. See dies juridicus. Cf NEFASTUS.

dies nefasti

n. See NEFAS. TUS; dies non juridicus.

fastigation

n. 1. The beating of someone with a stick or club. 2. Harsh criticism. - fustigate, ub.

hand-fasting.

Hist. A betrothal; marrying by clasping another's hand and agreeing to live together as husband and wife.