Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Impair
ub. To diminish the value of (property or a property right). 0 This term is commonly used in reference to diminishing the value of a contractual obligation to the point that the contract becomes invalid or a party loses the benefit of the contract. See CONTRACTS CLAUSE.
Impairment
n. The fact or state of being damaged, weakened, or diminished <impairment of collateral>. - impair, ub.
capital impairment
The financial condition of a corporation whose assets are less than the sum of its legal capital and its liabilities.
comparative-impairment test
Conflict of laws. A test that asks which of two or more forums would have its policies most impaired by not having its law applied in the case.
driving while ability-impaired.
See DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
impaired capital
Corporate funds consisting of assets that are less than the sum of the corporation's legal capital and its liabilities.
impairing the morals of a minor
The offense of an adult's engaging in sex-related acts, short of intercourse, with a minor. ( Examples of this conduct are fondling, taking obscene photographs, and showing pornographic materials. Cf. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR.