Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ad proximum antecedens fiat relatio, nisi impediatur sentential
A relative is to be referred to the nearest antecedent, unless prevented by the sense.
Bona fides exigit ut quod convenit fiat
Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done.
Fiat
n. [Latin "let it be done"] 1. An order or decree, esp. an arbitrary one <judicial fiat>. 2. A court decree, esp. one relating to a routine matter such as scheduling <the court requires all motions to contain a fiat - to be filled in by the court -setting the hearing date>. - Also termed flaunt.
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Let justice be done, though the heaven should fall.
Fiat prout fceri consuevit, nil temere novandum
Let it be done as it is accustomed to be done; let no innovation be made rashly.
Hora non est multum de substantia negotii, licet in appello de ea aliquando fiat mentio.
The hour is not of much consequence to the substance of business, although in appeal it is sometimes mentioned.
In his enim quae sunt favorabilia animae, quamvis sunt damnosa rebus, fiat aliquando extentio statuti.
In things that are favorable to the spirit, though injurious to property, an extension of the statute should sometimes be made.
Ne quid in loco publico vet itinere fiat
Let nothing be done (put or erected) in a public place or way.( The title of an interdict in the Roman law.
Non refert quid ex aequipollentibus fiat
It does not matter which of two equivalents happens.
Plena et celeris justitia fiat partibus
Let the parties have full and speedy justice.
Vim vi repellere licet, modo fiat moderamine inculpatae tutelae, non ad sumendam vindictam, sed ad propulsandam injuriam
It is lawful to repel force by force; but let it be done with the self-control of blameless defense not to take revenge, but to repel injury.
fiat justitia
[Latin] Hist. Let justice be done. ( This phrase signaled the Crown's commission to the House of Lords to hear an appeal. "Fiat Justitia, ruat coelum, says another maxim, as full of extravagance as it is of harmony: Go heaven to wreck - so justice be but done: - and what is the ruin of kingdoms, in comparison of the wreck of heaven?" Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation 13-14 n.1 (1823).
fiat money
Paper currency not backed by gold or silver. - Also termed flat money.
fiat ut petitur
[Latin] Let it be done as it is asked. 0 An order granting a petition.
quod partitio fiat
[Latin "that partition be made"] Hist. In a partition suit, a judgment granting the partition.