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.