Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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A digniori fieri debet denominatio et resolutio

The denomination and explanation ought to be derived from the more worthy.

Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita esl potest fieri; et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto

Even if alienation is prohibited, it may yet take place by the consent of all in whose favor it is prohibited; it is in the power of anyone to renounce a right introduced for his own benefit.

Bis idem exigi bona fides non patitur, et in satisfactionibus non permittitur amplius fieri quam semel factum est

Good faith does not allow the same thing to be exacted twice; and in satisfying claims, it is not permitted that more should be done after satisfaction has once been rendered.

Citationes non concedantur priusquam exprimatur super qua re fieri debet citatio

Citations should not be granted before it is stated about what matter the citation is to be made.

Denominatio fieri debet a dignioribus

Denomination should be made from the more worthy.

Facta tenent multa quae fieri prohibentur.

Deeds contain many things that are prohibited to be done.

Fieri

[Latin] To be made; to be done. ( Fieri usu. appears as part of the phrase in fieri. See IN FIERI.

Fieri non debet, sed factum valet

It ought not to be done, but if done it is valid.

Frustra fit per plura quod fieri potest per pauciora

That is done vainly through many measures if it can be accomplished through fewer.

IN semper debet fieri triatio ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam

A trial should always be held where the jurors can have the best information.

In expositione instrumentorum, mala grammatica, quod fieri potest, vitanda est.

In the construction of instruments, bad grammar is to be avoided as much as possible.

In satisfactionibus non permittitur amplius fieri quam semel factum est

In payments, it is not permitted that more be received than has been received once for all (i.e., after payment in full).

Jure naturae aequum esneminem cum alterius detrimento et injuria fieri locupletiorem

By the law of nature, it is just that no one should be enriched to the detriment and injury of another.

Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis, tamen potest fieri declaratio praecedens quae sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu

Even if the grant of a future interest is inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made that may take effect, provided a new act intervenes.

Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam; sed in expositione instrumentorum mala grammatica quoad fieri possit evitanda est

Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed; but in the construction of instruments, bad grammar, as far as possible, is to be avoided.

Non concedantur citationes priusquam exprimatur super qua re fieri decet citatio

Summonses should not be granted before it is expressed upon what ground a summons should be issued.

Non est singulis concedendum quod per magistratum publice possit fieri, ne occasio sit majoris tumultus faciendi

That is not to be conceded to private persons which can be publicly done by the magistrate, lest it be the occasion of greater tumult.

Non valet confirmatio, nisi ille, qui confirmat, sit in possessione rei vel juris uncle fieri debet confirmatio; et eodem modo, nisi ille cui confirmatio fit sit in possessione

Confirmation is not valid unless the person who confirms is in possession either of the thing or of the right of which confirmation is to be made, and, in like manner, unless that person to whom confirmation is made is in possession.

Omnis interpretatio si fieri potest ita fcenda est in instrumentis, ut omnes contrarietates amoveantur

Every interpretation of instruments is to be made, if it can be, so that all contradictions may be removed.

Parum proficit scire quid fieri debet si non cognoscas quomodo sit facturum

It does little good to know what ought to happen, if you do not know how it will take effect.

Quae non fieri debent, facta valent

Things that ought not to be done are held valid when they have been done.

Quando aliquid conceditur, conceditur id sine quo illud fieri non posit

When anything is granted, that also is granted without which it cannot take effect.

Quando plus fit quam fieri debet, videtur etiam illud fieri quod faciendum est

When more is done than ought to be done, that at least is considered as performed that should have been performed.

Quod fieri debet facile praesumitur

That which ought to be done is easily presumed.

Quod fieri non debet, factum valet

What ought not to be done, when done, is valid.

Testamentum est voluntatis nostrae justa sententia, de eo quod quis post mortem suam fieri velit

A testament is the just expression of our will concerning that which anyone wishes done after his death. ( Or, as Blackstone renders it, a testament is "the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death." 2 BI. Com. 499.

Triatio ibi semper debet fieri ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam

Trial ought always to be held where the jurors can have the better information.

Tutor in rem suam auctor fieri non potest

A tutor cannot act for his own interest.

Vix ulla lex fieri potest quae omnibus commoda sit, sed si majori parti prospiciat, utilis est

Scarcely any law can be made that is advantageous to all; but if it benefits the majority, it is useful.

fieri facias

[Latin "that you cause to be done"] A writ of execution that directs a marshal or sheriff to seize and sell a defendant's property to satisfy a money judgment. - Abbr. fi. fa.; Fi. Fa. Cf. LEVARI FACIAS. "It receives its name from the Latin words in the writ (quod feeri facias de bonis et catallis, that you cause to be made of the goods and chattels). It is the form of execution in common use in levying upon the judgmentdebtor's personal property." John Bouvier, Bouvier's Law Dictionary (8th ed. 1914). "The writ of 'fieri facias' (commonly called a writ of 'fi fa'), which commanded literally 'that you cause to be made,' was an early common-law means of enforcing payment on a judgment; it was, in effect, an order to the sheriff of the court to enforce a judgment against the debtor by levy, seizure, and sale of his personalty to the extent needed to satisfy a judgment." 30 Am. Jur. 2d Executions and Enforcement of Judgments ยง 14, at 50-51 (1994).

fieri facias de bonis ecclesiasticis

[Latin "that you cause to be made of the ecclesiastical goods"] Hist. A writ of execution - used when the defendant was a beneficed clerk who had no lay fee - that commanded the bishop to satisfy the judgment from the ecclesiastical goods and chattels of the defendant within the diocese. 0 This was accomplished by issuing a sequestration to levy the debt out of the defendant's benefice. This writ was issued after a fieri facias had been returned nulla bona.

fieri facias de bonis propriis

[Latin "that you cause to be made of his own goods"] Hist. A writ that executes on an executor's property when a writ fieri facias de bonis testatoris is returned by the sheriff nulla bona or devastavit (a wasting of the testator's goods by the executor).

fieri feci.

[Latin "I have caused to be made"] Hist. A sheriffs return on a fieri facias where the sheriff has collected, in-whole or in part, the sum to be levied on. 0 The return is usu. expressed by the word "satisfied."

in fieri

adj. [fr. Latin in "in" + fieri "to be done"] (Of a legal proceeding) that is pending or in the course of being completed.

scire fieri inquiry

n. [Law Latin] Hist. A writ to ascertain the location of a testator's property from an executor, when the sheriff returned nulla bona to a writ of execution fieri facias de bonis testatoris. See FIERI FACIAS.