Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A rescriptis valet argumentum
An argument from rescripts (i.e., original writs in the register) is valid.
Abbreviationum ille numerus et sensus accipiendus est ut concessio non sit inanis
Such number and sense is to be given to abbreviations that the grant may not be void.
Absentem accipere debemus eum qui non est eo loco in quo petitur
We must consider a person absent who is not in that place in which he is sought.
Absentia ejus qui reipublicae causa abest neque ei neque alii damnosa esse debet
The absence of a person who is abroad in service to the state ought to be prejudicial neither to that person nor to another. Dig. 50.17.140.
Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur, suum principale
An accessory does not lead, but follows, its principal.
Accessorius sequitur naturam sui principalis
An accessory follows the nature of his principal.
Accessoryship
The status or fact of beinan accessory. - Also termed (loosely) accession.
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias non est tam accipere quam extorquere
To accept anything as a reward for doing justice is rather extorting than accepting.
Accipitare
[Law Latin] Hist. To pay (a lord) in order to become a vassal; esp., to pay relief upon succeeding to an estate.
Actus legitimi non recipiunt modum
Acts required by law admit of no qualification.
Adjuvari quippe nos, non decipi, beneficio oportet
Surely we ought to be helped by a benefit, not be entrapped by it.
Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda
An ambiguous answer is to be taken against the party who offers it.
Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem est.
A dubious expression is construed against the party using it.
Animus hominis est anima scripti.
The intention of the person is the soul of the instrument.
Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo-quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramur
We call a child a year old on the 365th day, when the day is clearly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civil year not by moments, but by days.
Annua nec debitum judex non separat ipse.
Even the judge apportions neither annuities nor debt.
Arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur
see de arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur.
Arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam receipt
see de arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam recepit.
Articles of apprenticeship
hist. A contract under which a minor agrees to work for a master for a specified time in exchange for learning a trade.
Articles of partnership
see partnership agreement.
Ascriptitius
n. [latin] roman law. An alien who had been registered and naturalized in the colony where the person resided. - also spelled ascripticius.
Astipulation
archaic, agreement; assent.
Bare ownership
see trust ownership under ownership.
Bello parta cedunt reipublicae
Things acquired in war go to the state.
Beneficial ownership
see ownership.
Beneficium principis debet esse mansurum
.The benefaction of a prince ought to be be lasting.
Breve judiciale debet sequi suum originale, et accessorium suum principale
A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal.
CIP
abbr. CONTINUATION IN PART. cippi (sip-I). [Law Latin] Hist. See STOCKS.
Causa ecclesiae publicis aequiparatur; et summa est ratio quae pro religione facit
The cause of the church is equal to public causes; and paramount is the reason that acts in favor of religion.
Causae ecclesiae publicis causis aequiparantur
The causes of the church are equal to public causes.
Cessante ratione legis cessat et ipsa lex.
When the reason of the law ceases, the law itself also ceases.
Citizenship
n. 1. The status of being a citizen. 2. The quality of a person's conduct as a member of a community.
Citizenship Clause
The clause of the U.S. Constitution providing that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and the state they reside in. U.S. Const. art. XIV, ยง 1, cl. 1.
Claflin-trust principle
The doctrine that a trust cannot be terminated by the beneficiaries if the termination would defeat one of the settlor's material purposes in establishing the trust. ( If the settlor is alive and consent however, the trust may be terminated. Trustx in the "Claflin" category are spendthrift trusts. support trusts, trusts in which the trustee hay discretion to make distributions, and trusts i n which the beneficiary is entitled to income a until a certain age and the principal at that age
Clerk of the Pipe
Hist. An Exchequer officer responsible for the Pipe Rolls. ( The office was abolished in 1833. - Also termed Engrosser of the Great Roll. See PIPE ROLLS.
Clerkship
1. A type of internship in which a law student or recent law-school graduate assists a lawyer or judge with legal writing, research, and other tasks. 2. Hist. A law student's employment as an attorney's apprentice before gaining admission to the bar.
Commenda, est facultas recipiendi et retinendi beneficium contra jus positivum a suprema potestate
A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority.
Conditio beneficialis, quae statum construit, benigne secundum verborum intentionem est interpretanda; odiosa autem quae statum destruit stricte, secundum verborum proprietatem, accipienda
A beneficial condition that creates an estate ought to be construed favorably, according to the intention of the words; but a condition that destroys an estate is odious and ought to be construed according to the strict sense of the words.
Conscription
See DRAFT (21.
Constitutiones tempore posteriores potiores sunt his quse ipsas praecesserunt
Later laws prevail over those that preceded them.
Consuetudo et communis assuetudo vincit legem non scriptam, si sit specialis; et interpretatur legem scriptam, si lex sit generalis
Custom and common usage overcome the unwritten law if it is special; and interpret the written law if the law is general.
Consuetudo praescripta et legitima vincit legem
A prescriptive and lawful custom overrides the law.
Contra negantem principia non est disputandum
There is no disputing against one who denies first principles.
Contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio
No prescription runs against a person unable to act (or bring an action).
Contractus legem ex conventione accipiunt
Contracts receive legal validity from the agreement of the parties.
Copartnership
See PAR rlEKStttll.( The terms copartnership and partnerslup are equally old - each having first appeared in the 1570s
Coprincipal
1.One of two or more participants in a criminal offense who either perpetrate the crime or aid a person who does so. 2. One of two or more persons who have appointed an agent whom they both have the right to control. copulative condition. See CONDITION (2).
Corporalis injuria non recipit aestimationem de futuro
A personal injury does not receive satisfaction from proceedings yet in the future.
Corpus humanum non recipit aestimationem
The person of a human being can have no price put on it.
Court of Official Principal
See COURT of ARCHES.