Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arcifinious
adj. [fr. Latin arcifinius "having irregular boundaries"] civil law. (of a landed estate) having natural boundaries such as woods, mountains, or rivers.
Contumacious
adj. See CONTEMPT.
Deleterious
adj. 1. Poisonous <deleterious toxins>. 2. Unwholesome; psychologically or physically harmful <deleterious influence>.
Enormious
adj. Archaic. Made without a rule or against law.
Felonious
adj. 1. Of, relating to, or involving a felony. 2. Constituting or having the character of a felony. 3. Proceeding from an evil heart or purpose; malicious; villainous.
Felonious assault
an assault that is of s ficient severity to be classified and as a felony. See aggravated assault.
Fictitious
adj. Of or relating to a fiction, esp. a legal fiction
IOU
[abbr. "I owe you"] 1. A memorandum acknowledging a debt. 2. The debt itself. - Also termed due-bill.
Lascivious
adj. (Of conduct) tending to excite lust; lewd; indecent; obscene.
Licentious
adj. Lacking or ignoring moral or legal restraint, esp. in sexual activity; lewd; lascivious. - licentiousness, n.
Litigious
adj. 1. Fond of legal disputes; contentious <our litigious society>. 2. Archaic. Of or relating to the subject of a lawsuit <the litigious property>. 3. Archaic. Of or relating to lawsuits; litigatory <theycouldn't settle the litigious dispute>. - litigiousness, litigiosity (li-tij-ee-os-a-tee), n.
Malicious
1 Substantially certain to cause injury. 2. Without just cause or excuse. malicious abandonmentSee ABANDONMENT
Malicious arrest
an arrest made without probable cause and for an improper purpose; esp., an abuse of process by which a person procures the arrest (and often the imprisonment) of the plaintiff by means of judicial process, without any reasonable cause. 0 malicious arrest can be grounds for an action for abuse of process, false imprisonment, or malicious prosecution.
Notorious
adj. 1. Generally known and spoken of. 2. (Of the possession of property) so conspicuous as to impute notice to the true owner. -Also termed (in sense 2) open and notorious. See ADVERSE POSSESSION.
Obnoxious
adj. 1. Offensive; objectionable <obnoxious behavior>. 2. Contrary; opposed <a practice obnoxious to the principle of equal protection under the law>. 3. Archaic. Exposed to harm; liable to something undesirable < actions obnoxious to criticism>.
Officious testment.
Civil law a will that disposes of propert to the testator's family ;a wil that reserves the legitime for the testator's children and other natural heirs -also termed officious will See legitime.
Precarious
adj. Dependent on the will or pleasure of another; uncertain.
Spurious
n. [Latin] Roman law. A bastard; the offspring of unlawful intercourse. See NOTHUS.
Spurious banknote
1. A banknote that is legitimately made from a genuine plate but that has forged signatures of the issuing officers, or the names of fictitious officers. 2. A banknote that is not a legitimate impression from a genuine plate, or is made from a counterfeit plate, but that is signed by the persons shown on it as the issuing officers. Also termed spurious bank bill.
Surreptitious
adj. (Of conduct) unauthorized and clandestine; stealthily and usu. fraudulently done < surreptitious interception of electronic communications is prohibited under wiretapping laws>.
Unconscious
adj. Without awareness; not conscious. ( A person who commits a criminal act while unconscious may be relieved from liability for the act.
Usurious
adj. 1. Practicing usury <a usurious lender>. 2. Characterized by usury <a usurious contract>.
burglarious
adj. Of or relating to burglary <burglarious intent>. urglariously, adu.
capricious
adj. 1. (Of a person) characterized by or guided by unpredictable or impulsive behavior. 2. (Of a decree) contrary to the evidence or established rules of law. Cf. ARBITRARY.
claims-consciousness
n. The quality characterizing a legal culture in which people have firm expectations of justice and are willing to take concrete steps to see that justice is done <claims-consciousness in the United States has resulted from certain social changes, not from any character deficiency>. - Also termed rights-consciousness. - claims-conscious, adj
common and notorious thief
See common thief under THIEF.
conscientious objector
A person who for moral or religious reasons is opposed to participating in any war, and who is therefore deferred from military conscription but is subject to serving in civil work for the nation's health, safety, or interest. Cf. PACIFIST.
conscious parallelism
Antitrust. An act of two or more businesses intentionally engaging in monopolistic conduct.
consciously parallel
Antitrust. Of, relating to, or characterizing the conduct of a party who has knowledge of a competitor's action (such as raising prices) and who makes an independent decision to take the same action. 0 In some cases this is viewed as evidence of a conspiracy.
contentious jurisdiction
1 A court's jurisdiction exercised over disputed matters. 2. Eccles. law. The branch of ecclesiastical-court jurisdiction that deals with contested proceedings.
contentious possession
See hostile possession under POSSESSION.
contumacious conduct
A willful disobedience of a court order. See CONTUMACY.
egregious
adj. Extremely or remarkably bad; flagrant <the defendant's egregious behavior>.
felonious assault
See ASSAULT.
felonious homicide
See HOMICIDE,
fictitious action
See ACTION.
fictitious action.
An action, usu. unethical, brought solely to obtain a judicial opinion on an issue of fact or law, rather than for the disposition of a controversy.
fictitious issue
See FEIGNED ISSUE.
fictitious name
See ASSUMED NAME; ALIAS.
fictitious person
See artificial person.
fictitious promise
See implied promise under PROMISE.
fictitious-payee rule
Commercial law. The principle that if a drawer or maker issues commercial paper to a payee whom the drawer or maker does not actually intend to have any interest in the instrument, an ensuing forgery of the payee's name will be effective to pass good title to later transferees. - Also termed padded payroll rule. fictitious person. See artificial person under PERSON.
injurious exposure.
Workers' compensation. Contact with a substance that would cause injury if the person were repeatedly exposed to it over time. ( An employer may be found liable for harm resulting from injurious exposure. injurious falsehood. See DISPARAGEMENT
inofficious testament
Civil law. A will th:,; does not dispose of property to the testatui natural heirs; esp., a will that deprives tit' heirs of a portion of the estate to which fl--, are entitled by law. - Also termed inofficious will unofficious will.
inofficious will
See inofficious testament under TESTAMENT.
invidious discrimination
See DISCRIMINATION.
judicious
adj. Well-considered; discreet; wisely circumspect <the court's judicious application of the rules of evidence>. -judiciousness, n. Cf JUDICIAL.
lascivious cohabitation
The offense committed by two persons not married to each other who live together as husband and wife and engage in sexual intercourse. ( This offense, where it still exists, is seldom prosecuted.
last-injurious-exposure rule
See LAST-EM. PLOYER RULE.
lewd and lascivious cohabitation
See illicit cohabitation under COHABITATION. lewd houseSee DISORDERLY HOUSE (2).