Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Fellow
n. 1. One joined with another in some legal status or relation. 2. A member of a college, board, corporate body, or other organization.
fellow servant
A coworker; a person who works for the same employer.
fellow-officer rule
Criminal procedure. The principle that an arrest is valid if the arresting law-enforcernent officer lacks personal ktrowl- edge to establish probable cause for the arrest but acts upon the knowledge of another officer and the collective knowledge of the law-enforcement office. 0 This knowledge, which may constitute probable cause, is imputed to the arresting officer. - Also termed Whiteley rule.
fellow-servant rule
A common-law doctrine holding that an employer is not liable for an employee's injuries caused by a negligent coworker. ( This doctrine has generally been abrogated by workers'-compensation statutes. In some jurisdictions, employees were considered fellow servants when they were working with one aim or result in view. In others, the relation of fellow servant was tested by the "doctrine of vice principal," meaning that an employer is liable for injuries to an employee if they result from the negligence of another employee who is given power of control or direction over the injured employee. - Also termed common-employment doctrine. "[T]here are numerous orthodox instances in history of the judge making a legal principle; for the bulk of the common law was 'made: by them, and the fellow-servant rule in employer's liability is a typical modern instance ' John Henry Wigmore, Problems of Law 66 (1920).
superior fellow servant
See FELLOW SERVANT,