Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Grand
adj. Of or relating to a crime involving the theft of money or property valued more than a statutorily established amount, and therefore considered more serious than those involving a lesser amount <grand theft>. See grand larceny under LARCENY. Cf. PETTY.
Grand Day. English law
1. Hist. One of four holy days on which the courts are not in session. ( Each of the four court terms had a Grand Day. The four Grand Days were Candlemas Day (February 2), Ascension Day (March 25), St. John the Baptist Day (June 24), and All Saints' Day (November 1). The Inns of Court and of Chancery ceremoniously observed each Grand Day. 2. A day in each term on which the Benchers of the Inns of Court host ceremonial dinners in their halls. See BENCHER. Cf TERM
Grand Jury Clause
The clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring an indictment by a grand jury before a person can be tried for serious offenses.
Grand Remonstrance
Hist. A protest document issued by the House of Commons in 1641, setting forth numerous political grievances against Charles I. ( The document demanded three primary remedial measures: (1) improvements in the administration of justice, (2) appointment of trustworthy ministers, and (3) enforcement of the laws against Roman Catholics. It was the first major split between the Royalist and Parliamentary parties, and it led Charles to seek the arrest of the five members who pushed the document through Commons.
Grand Survey.
See grand inquest (2) under IN. QUEST.
Grand assize
a sworn panel summoned by judicial writ to resolve disputes concerning real property. ( henry ii instituted the grand assize in the 12th century as an alternative to trial by battle. - also termed magna assisa.
Grandfather
clause. 1. Hist. A clause in the constitutions of some Southern states exempting from suffrage restrictions the descendants of men who voted before the Civil War. 2. A statutory or regulatory clause that exempts a class of persons or transactions because of circumstances existing before the new rule or regulation takes effect.
Magna Charta et Charta de Foresta sont appeles les deux grandes charters
Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest are called the two great charters.
a la grande grevaunce
[law french] to the great grievance.
additional grand jury.
See special grand jury under GRAND JURY.
extraordinary grand jury
See special grand jury under GRAND JURY. extraordinary hazard See HAZARD (1).
federal grand jury
See GRAND JURY.
grand assize.
See Assim (5).
grand bill of sale.
See BILL (7)
grand cape.
See cape magnum under CAPE.
grand coutumier de pays et duche de Normandie
[French] Hist. A collection of the common or customary laws of the Duchy of Normandy. ( The code was probably compiled in the 13th century, and it still remains the law of Jersey, except to the extent that it has been modified by later legislation and judicial decisions. See CLAMEUR DE HARD.
grand distress
Hist. In a quare impedit action in which the defendant has failed to appear, a distress of the defendant's goods and lands to compel the defendant's appearance.
grand distress.
See DISTRESS.
grand inquest
See INQUEST.
grand inquest.
1. An impeachment proceeding. 2. Hist. (cap.) The survey of the lands of England in 1085-1086, by order of William the Conqueror, and resulting in the Domesday Book - Also termed Great Inquest; Grand Survey; Great Survey; See DOMESDAY BOOK. 3. Hist. Grand jury.
grand juror
A person serving on a grand jury.
grand jury
See GRAND JURY.
grand jury witness
A witness who is called to testify in a matter under inquiry by a grand jury.
grand jury.
A body of (often 23) people who are chosen to sit permanently for at least a month - and sometimes a year - and who, in ex parte proceedings, decide whether to issue indictments. 0 If the grand jury decides that evidence is strong enough to hold a suspect for trial, it returns a bill of indictment (a true bill) charging the suspect with a specific crime. -Also termed accusing jury; presenting jury; jury of indictment. Cf. petit jury under JURY.
grand larceny
Larceny of property worth more than a statutory cutoff amount, usu. $100. Cf. petit larceny. "The English law, as the result of an early statute [the Statute of Westminster I, ch. 15 (1275)], classified this offense [larceny] as either (1) grand larceny or (2) petit larceny (now frequently written petty larceny), the former being a capital offense and the latter punishable by forfeiture of goods and whipping, but not death. Both, as mentioned earlier, were felonies. The offense was grand larceny if the value of the property stolen exceeded twelve pence and petit larceny if it did not. Modern statutes very generally retain this same classification (sometimes without using these labels) but with different penalties and different values set as the dividing line." Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 335 (3d ed. 1982).
grand larceny.
See LARCENY.
grand serjeanty
See SERJEANTY.
grand-jury witness.
See WITNESS.
grandfather,
vb. To cover (a person) with the benefits of a grandfather clause <the statute sets the drinking age at 21 but grandfathers those who are 18 or older on the statute's effective date>.
investigative grand jury
See GRAND JURY.
screening grand jury
A grand jury whose primary function is to decide whether to issue an indictment.
special grand jury
See GRAND JURY.