Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Batable ground
land of uncertain ownership. & batable (or debatable) ground originally referred to certain lands on the border of england and scotland before the 1603 union of the two kingdoms.
Ground
ub. 1. To provide a basis for (something, e.g., a legal claim or argument) <the decision was grounded on public policy>. 2. To base (something, e.g., a legal principle or judicial decision) on <the court grounded the decision on common law> <strict liability is grounded on public policy>.
adequate-state-grounds
doctrine. ti judz.:made principle that prevents the Suprer.~ Court from reviewing a state-court deci~; based partially on state law if a decision federal issue would not change the result.
ground
n. The reason or point that something (as a legal claim or argument) relies on for validity <grounds for divorce> <several grounds for appeal>.
ground landlord.
Hist. The grantor of an estate on which ground rent is reserved. See ground rent under RENT (1).
ground lease
A long-term (usu. 99-year) lease of land only. ( Such a lease typically involves commercial property, and any improvements built by the lessee usu. revert to the lessor. - Also termed ground-rent lease; land lease.
ground lease.
See LEASE.
ground of action.
See CAUSE OF ACTION
ground rent
1. Rent paid by a tenant under a long-term lease for the use of undeveloped land, usu. for the construction of a commercial building. See ground lease under LEASE. 2. An inheritable interest, in rental income from land, reserved by a grantor who conveys the land in fee simple. ( This type of ground rent is found primarily in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
ground rent.
See RENT (1).
ground writ
Hist. A writ issued in a county having venue of an action in order to allow a writ of eapias ad satisfaciendum or of fieri facias to be executed in a county where the defendant or the defendant's property was found. ( These two writs could not be executed in a county other than the county having venue of the action until a ground writ and then a testatum writ were first issued. This requirement was abolished in 1852. Cf. TE99TATUM.
ground writ.
See WRIT.
ground-rent lease.
See ground lease under LEASE.
groundage
n. Hist. Maritime law. A tax or toll levied on a vessel lying in port; the tax or toll so paid.
groundless, adj.
lacking reason or validity <groundless cause of action>. See FRIVOLOUS.
reasonable grounds
See PROBABLE CAUSE.