Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Consensus facit legem.

Consent makes law. A contract constitutes law between the parties agreeing to be bound by it.

Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata privat communem legem.

Custom observed by reason of a certain and reasonable cause supersedes the common law.

Consuetudo vincit communem legem.

Custom overrules common law.

Exceptio quae firmat legem exponit legem.

An exception that confirms the law expounds the law.

GEM.

See growing-equity mortgage under MORTGAGE.