Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Father
The male parent. See PARENT.
Grandfather
clause. 1. Hist. A clause in the constitutions of some Southern states exempting from suffrage restrictions the descendants of men who voted before the Civil War. 2. A statutory or regulatory clause that exempts a class of persons or transactions because of circumstances existing before the new rule or regulation takes effect.
Stepfather
See STEPFATHER.
adoptive father
See adoptive parent under PARENT.
biological father
See natural father.
biological father.
See natural father under FATHER.
foster father
See foster parent under PARENT.
founding father
A prominent figure in the founding of an institution or esp. a country; specif., one who played a leading role in founding the United States of America, esp. in the Revolutionary War and the making of the U.S. Constitution. Foundling. A deserted or abandoned infant,
grandfather,
vb. To cover (a person) with the benefits of a grandfather clause <the statute sets the drinking age at 21 but grandfathers those who are 18 or older on the statute's effective date>.
legal father
The man recognized by law as the male parent of a child. ( A man is the legal father of a child if he was married to the child's natural mother when the child was born, if he has recognized or acknowledged the child, or if he has been declared the child's natural father in a paternity action.
natural father
See FATHER.
presumed father
The man presumed to be the father of a child for any of several reasons: (1) because he was married to the child's natural mother when the child was conceived or born, (2) because the child was conceived or born during an invalid marriage, (3) because the man married the mother after the child's birth and agreed either to have his name on the birth certificate or to support the child, or (4) because the man welcomed the child into his home and held out the child as his own.
putative father
See FATHER.