Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assize of fresh force
hist. A writ available in urban areas to disseise another's land. (This writ is so called because it was available only within the first 40 days after title accrued to the person seeking it. - also termed assisa friscae fortiae
Fresh
adj. Recent; not stale; characterized by newness without any material interval.
fresh complaint
A reasonably prompt lodging of a grievance; esp., a victim's prompt report of a sexual assault to someone trustworthy.
fresh disseisin
See DISSEISIN.
fresh disseisin.
The right at common law of a person disseised of land to forcefully eject the disseisor from the land without resort to law, as long as the ejection occurred soon after the disseisin.
fresh fine.
See FINE (5).
fresh force.
Hist. Force, such as disseisin or deforcement, newly done. ( This term refers to force used in a town, and for which a remedy (the Assize of Fresh Force) existed. See assize of fresh force under ASSIZE (8).
fresh pursuit.
1. The right of a police officer to make a warrantless search of a fleeing suspect or to cross jurisdictional lines to arrest a fleeing suspect. 2. The right of a person to use reasonable force to retake property that has just been taken. - Also termed hot pursuit.
fresh start
Bankruptcy. The favorable financial status obtained by a debtor who receives a release from personal liability on prepetition debts or who reorganizes debt obligations through the confirmation and completion of a bankruptcy plan.
fresh-complaint rule.
The theory that the credibility of a sexual-assault victim is bolstered if the victim reports the assault soon after it occurs. 0 Most courts no longer recognize this theory.
present recollection refreshed
Evidence. A witness's memory that has been enhanced by showing the witness a document that describes the relevant events. ( The document itself is merely a memory stimulus and is not admitted in evidence. Fed. R. Evid. 612. - Also termed refreshing recollection; present recollection revived. Cf. PAST RECOLLECTION RECORDED.
refreshing recollection
See PRESENT RECOL LECTION REFRESHED.