Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Harm
n. Injury, loss, or detriment.
Unharmed
adj. Not injured or damaged.
bodily harm
Physical pain, illness, or impairment of the body.
bodily harm.
See HARM.
economic-harm rule
See ECONOMIC-LOSS RULE.
grievous bodily harm
Criminal and tort law. Serious physical impairment of the human body. ( Typically, the fact-finder must decide in any given case whether the injury meets this general standard. - Abbr. g.b.h. - Also termed great bodily injury.
grievous bodily harm.
See HARM.
harmful error.
See reversible error under ERROR.
harmless error
An error that does not affect a party's substantive rights or the case's outcome. ( A harmless error is not grounds for reversal. - Also termed technical error; error in vacuo.
harmless error.
See ERROR (2).
harmonic plane.
An arbitrarily selected zero chosen by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey to serve as the base for its tidal tables, charts, and maps.
harmony.
Agreement or accord; conformity <the decision in Jones is in harmony with earlier Supreme Court precedent>. - harmonize, ub.
hold harmless
ub. To absolve (another party) from any responsibility for damage or other liability arising from the transaction; INDEMNIFY. - Also termed save harmless.
hold-harmless agreement.
A contract in which one party agrees to indemnify the other. -Also termed save-harmless agreement. See INDEMNITY
hold-harmless clause.
See INDEMNITY CLAUSE.
irreparable harm
See irreparable injury under INJURY.
physical harm
Any physical impairment of land, chattels, or the human body.
save harmless
See HOLD HARMLESS.
save-harmless agreement
See HOLD-HARMLESS AGREEMENT.
save-harmless clause
See INDEMNITY CLAUSE.
social harm
An adverse effect on any social interest that is protected by the criminal law.