Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Immediate
adj. 1. Occurring without delay; instant <an immediate acceptance>. 2. Not separated by other persons or things <her immediate neighbor>. 3. Having a direct impact; without an intervening agency <the immediate cause of the accident>. - immediacy, immediateness, n.
immediate annuity
an annuity paid for with a single premium and that begins to pay benefits within the first payment interval. cf. deferred annuity.
immediate breach
A breach that entitles the nonbreaching party to sue for damages immediately.
immediate cause
See CAUSE (1).
immediate cause.
The last event in a chain of events, though not necessarily the proximate cause of what follows. - Also termed effective cause.
immediate control.
1. Criminal procedure. The area within a criminal suspect's reach. ( A police officer may conduct a warrantless search of this area to ensure the officer's safety and to prevent the suspect from destroying evidence. 2. Vehicular control that is close enough to allow the driver to instantly govern the vehicle's movements. ( A driver's failure to maintain immediate control over the vehicle could be evidence of negligence.
immediate death
1 See instantaneous death. 2. A death occurring within a short time after an injury or seizure, but not instantaneously. "A distinction has been made between 'instantaneous' and 'immediate' death As an example of 'immediate' rather than 'instantaneous' death the situation in which a blow on the head produces unconsciousness and renders the victim incapable of intelligent thought, speech, or action for several minutes until he dies." 22A Am. Jur. 2d Death § 43, at 159 (1988).
immediate descent
1. A descent directly to an heir, as from a grandmother to granddaughter, brought about by the earlier death of the mother. 2. A direct descent without an intervening link in consanguinity, as from mother to daughter.
immediate family
A person's parents, spouse, children, and siblings.
immediate family.
See FAMILY.
immediate intent
See INTENT (1).
immediate intent.
The intent relating to a wrongful act; the part of the total intent coincident with the wrongful act itself.
immediate notice
1. Notice given as soon as possible. 2. More commonly, and esp. on notice of an insurance claim, notice that is reasonable under the circumstances.
immediate possession
Possession that is acquired or retained directly or personally. -Also termed direct possession.
immediate-notice clause
Insurance. A provision in many insurance policies obligating the insured to notify the insurer as soon as possible after a claim arises. 0 A requirement in a policy for "prompt" or "immediate" notice - or that notice must be given "immediately," "at once," "forthwith," "as soon as practicable," or "as soon as possible" - generally means that the notice must be given within a reasonable time under the circumstances.
immediately-apparent requirement
Criminal procedure. The principle that a police officer must have probable cause to believe that an item is contraband before seizing it. ( This plain-view exception to the warrant requirement was first announced in Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 91 S.Ct. 2022 (1971)."An object may not be seized from a car merely because the police plain view of it was lawfully acquired; there must be probable cause that the object is a fruit, instrumentality or evidence of crime. And under the 'immediately apparent' requirement of Coolidge v. New Hampshire, this probable cause must be determined without examination of the object other than is justified by the purpose underlying police entry of the vehicle." Wayne R. LaFave & Jerold H. Israel, Criminal Procedure § 3.7, at 201 (2d ed. 1992).