Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Imply

ub. 1. To express or involve indirectly; to suggest <the opinion implies that the court has adopted a stricter standard for upholding punitive-damages awards>. 2. (Of a court) to impute or impose on equitable or legal grounds <the court implied a contract between the parties. 3. To read into (a document) <citing grounds of fairness, the court implied a condition that the parties had not expressed>. See implied term under TERM (2). - implication, n