Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Fax
n. 1. A method of transmitting over telephone lines an exact copy of a printing. 2. A machine used for such transmission. - Also termed telecopier. 3. The communication sent or received by such a machine. - Also termed facsimile; (in senses 1 & 3) facsimile transmission. - fax, vb.
Halifax law.
1. LYNCH LAW; more broadly, an irrevocable punishment carried out after a summary trial. 2. The summary and unauthorized trial and execution (usu. by decapitation) of a person accused of a crime. 0 This term comes from the parish of Halifax, in England, where - according to custom in the forest of Hardwick - this form of private justice was anciently practiced by the free burghers against people accused of stealing. Thieves could be condemned to death by beheading on market day. The last such case is said to have occurred in 1650. - Also termed gibbet law; Halifax inquest.
faxed income
Money received at a constant rate, such as a payment from a pension or
faxed sentence
1. See determinate sentence. 2. See mandatory sentence.