Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Confrontation Clause

The Sixth Amendment provision guaranteeing a criminal defendant's right to directly confront an accusing witness and to cross-examine that witness.

Front

n. 1. The side or part of a building or lot that is open to view, that is the principal entrance, or that faces out to the open (as to a lake or ocean); the foremost part of something <the property's front was its most valuable attribute>. 2. A person or group that serves to conceal the true identity or activity of the person or group in control <the political party was a front for the terrorist group>. 3. A political association similar to a party <popular front>.

customs frontier

Int'l law. The territorial boundary at which a country imposes customs duties.

foot-frontage rule

Tax. In property-tax assessment, a principle that confines the lot boundary to the actual frontage on the line of improvement. ( The depth of the lot and the number and character of improvements or their value is immaterial if this formula is used.

front foot

A measurement used to calculate a frontage assessment. - Also termed abutting foot.

front money.

See SEED MONEY.

front wages

Prospective compensation paid to a victim of job discrimination until the denied position becomes available.

front wages.

See WAGE.

front-foot rule.

The principle that an improvement cost is to be apportioned among several properties in proportion to their frontage, without regard to the benefits conferred on each property. - Also termed front-foot plan.

frontage

1. The part of land abutting a street or highway or lying between a building's front and a street or highway < the property's value was so low because of its narrow frontage>. 2. The linear distance of a frontage <the lot's frontage was 90 feet>.

frontage assessment.

A municipal fee charged to a property owner for local improvements that abut a street or highway, such as sidewalks, pavements, or sewage lines.

frontager

n. A person owning or occupying land that abuts a highway, river, seashore, or the like. front-end money. See SEED MONEY.

up-front performance bond

See PERFORMANCE BOND.

waterfront

n. Land or land with buildings fronting a body of water.