Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Incident
n. 1. A discrete occurrence or happening < an incident of copyright infringement > 2. A dependent, subordinate, or consequential part (of something else) <child support is a typical incident of divorce>.
Incidental
adj. Subordinate to something of greater importance; having a minor role <the FAA determined that the wind played only an incidental part in the plane crash>.
Incidental authority
authority needed to carry out actual or apparent authority. ( for example, the actual authority to borrow money includes the incidental authority to sign commercial paper to bring about the loan. -also termed inferred authority.
Incidental beneficiary
A third-party beneficiary who is not intended to benefit from a contract and thus does not acquire rights under the contract. Cf. Intended beneficiary.
Quando lex aliquid alicui concedit, omnia incidentia tacite conceduntur
When the law gives anything to anyone, it gives tacitly all that is incident to it.
activity incident to service.
An act undertaken by a member of the armed forces as a part of a military operation or as a result of the actor's status as a member of the military. 0 For example, if a member of the military takes advantage of that status by flying home on a military aircraft, the flight is activity incident to service, and a claim against the government for any injuries received may be barred under the Feres doctrine. See FERES DOCTRINE.
coincident indicator
See INDICATOR.
coincident indicator.
An economic or market-activity index or indicator that shows changing trends near the same time that overall conditions begin to change.
incident of ownership
(usu. pl.) Any right of control that may be exercised over a transferred life-insurance policy so that the policy's proceeds will be included in a decedent's gross estate for estate-tax purposes <because Douglas still retained the incidents of ownership after giving his life-insurance policy to his daughter, the policy proceeds were taxed against his estate>. ( The incidents of ownership include the rights to change the policy's beneficiaries and to borrow against, assign, and cancel the policy. incident power See POWER.
incident power
A power that, although not expressly granted, must exist because it is necessary to the accomplishment of an express purpose. - Also termed incidental power.
incident to employment
Workers' compensation. A risk that is related to or connected with a worker's job duties.
incidental admission
An admission made in some other connection or involved in the admission of some other fact.
incidental authority
See AUTHORITY (1).
incidental beneficiary
See BENEFICIARY.
incidental damages
See DAMAGES.
incidental demand
Civil law. A plea by which a party other than the plaintiff asserts a claim that is related to the plaintiffs suit. ( Examples include a cross-claim, a demand against a third party, an intervention, and a reconventional demand. La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1031.
incidental power
See incident power under POWER.
incidental use
Zoning. Land use that is dependent on or affiliated with the land's primary use.
search incident to arrest
See protective search under SEARCH (1).