Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Index
n. 1. An alphabetized listing of the topics or other items included in a single book or document, or in a series of volumes, usu. found at the end of the book, document, or series <index of authorities>. grantee-grantor index. An index, usu. kept in the county recorder's office, alphabetically listing by grantee the volume and page number of the grantee's recorded property transactions. ( In some jurisdictions, the granteegrantor index is combined with the grantorgrantee index.
Index animi sermo.
Speech is the index of the mind.
Indexing
1. The practice or method of adjusting of wages, pension benefits, insurance, or other types of payments to compensate for inflation. 2. The practice of investing funds to track or mirror an index of securities. - Also termed indexation. index lease See LEASE.
Linea recta est index sui et obliqui; lex est linea recta
A right line is an index of itself and of an oblique; law is a right line. Co. Litt. 158b.
Sermo index animi
Speech is an index of the mind.
advance-decline index
A stock-market indicator showing the cumulative net difference between stock-price advances and declines.
advance-decline index.
see index (2).
consumer price index
An index that tracks the price of goods and services purchased by the average consumer and that is published monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. - Abbr. CPI. - Also termed cost-of-living index. Cf. PRODUCER PRICE INDEX.
grantee-grantor index.
See INDEX (1).
grantor-grantee index
An index, usu. kept in the county recorder's office, alphabetically listing by grantor the volume and page number of the grantor's recorded property transactions.
index animi sermo
[Latin] Speech is the index of the mind. ( This maxim supports the concept that the language of a statute or instrument is the best guide to the drafter's intent
index crime
See index offense under OFFENSE
index fund
A mutual fund that invests in the stock of companies constituting a specific market index, such as Standard & Poor's 500 stocks, and thereby tracks the stock average. leverage fund See dual fund.
index lease
A lease that provides for increases in rent according to the increases in the consumer price index.
index of authorities
An alphabetical list of authorities cited in a brief, usu. with subcategories for cases, statutes, and treatises. - Also termed table of authorities. index offense See OFFENSE
index offense.
One of eight classes of crimes reported annually by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Report. ( The eight classes are murder (and nonnegligent homicide), rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, arson, and auto theft. - Also termed index crime.
indexation
See INDEXING.
not otherwise indexed by name
A phrase used in shipping and tariff construction, usu. to show a classification of something generally rather than specifically. ( For example, a shipment of aircraft and boat engines merely labeled "other articles" is not otherwise indexed by name. - Abbr. n.o.i.b.n.
price index
An index of average prices as a percentage of the average prevailing at some other time (such as a base year). See CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; PRODUCER PRICE INDEX.
producer price index
An index of wholesale price changes, issued monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. - Formerly also termed wholesale price index. Cf. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
tract index
An index, usu. kept in the county recorder's office, listing, by location of each parcel of land, the volume and page number of the recorded property transactions affecting the parcel. 2. A number, usu. expressed in the form of a percentage or ratio, that indicates or measures a series of observations, esp. those involving a market or the economy <cost-of-living index> < stock index>.
vindex
[Latin] Civil law. A defender.
wholesale price index
See PRODI;CER PRICE., INDEX.