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.