Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A justitia (quasi a quodam fonte) omnia jura emanant
From justice, as from a fountain. all rivhts flow
Absentia ejus qui reipublicae causa abest neque ei neque alii damnosa esse debet
The absence of a person who is abroad in service to the state ought to be prejudicial neither to that person nor to another. Dig. 50.17.140.
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias non est tam accipere quam extorquere
To accept anything as a reward for doing justice is rather extorting than accepting.
Actus inceptus cujus perfectio pendet ex voluntate partium revocari potest; si autem pendet ex voluntate tertiae personae, velex contingenti, revocari non potest
An act already begun whose completion depends upon the will of the parties may be recalled; but if it depends on consent of a third person or on a contingency, it cannot be recalled.
Actus servi, in its quibus opera ejus communiter adhibita est, actus domini habetur
The act of a servant in those things in which he is usually employed is considered the act of his master.
Ad offxcium justiciariorum spectat unicuique coram eis placitanti justitiam exhibere
It is the duty of justices to administer justice to everyone pleading before them.
Adjusted basis
basis increased by capital improvements and decreased by depreciation deductions. "[i]t is well to consider the word 'adjusted' in the term 'adjusted basis.' often, after property is acquired, certain adjustments (increases or decreases to the dollar amount of the original basis) must be made. After these adjustments, the property then has an 'adjusted basis."' michael d. Rose & john c. Chommie, federal income taxation § 6.04, at 300 (3d ed. 1988).
Adjusted cost basis.
Basis resulting from the original cost of an item plus capital additions minus depreciation deductions.
Aequitas non facit jus, sed juri auxiliatur
Equity does not create a right, but aids the right.
Animus ad se omne jus ducit.
The mind brings every right unto itself. ( Often explained: It is to the intention that all law applies.
Automatic-adjustment clause
a provision in a utility-rate schedule that allows a public utility to increase its rates without a public hearing or state review, if certain operating costs, such as the price of fuel, increase. Federal energy regulatory comm'n v. Mississippi, 456 u.s. 742, 102 s.ct. 2126 (1982).
Baratriam committit qui propter pecuniam justitiam baractat
A person is guilty of barratry who sells justice for money.
Basse justice
[latin "low justice"] hist. A feudal lord's right to personally try a person charged with a minor offense.
Bellum justum
[latin] int'z law. A just war; one that the proponent considers morally and legally justifiable, such as a war against an aggressive, totalitarian regime. ( under roman law, before war could be declared, the fetiales (a group of priests who monitored international treaties) had to certify to the senate that just cause for war existed. Thomas aquinas and other medieval theologian-jurists debated the circumstances that justified war; some canonists supported the notion of a just war against non-catholics. Over time, debating the justness of war had little practical effect, and most belligerents now simply declare the validity of their warlike behavior.
Boni judicis est ampliare justitiam
It is the role of a good judge to enlarge or extend justice.
Catalla juste possessa amitti non possunt
Chattels rightly possessed cannot be lost.
Caveat emptor qui ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum emit
Let the buyer beware; for he ought not act in ignorance when he buys what another has right to.
Central American Court of Justice
A court created by a 1908 convention between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, to guarantee the rights of the various republics to maintain peace and harmony in their relations and to prevent recourse to the use of force. ( The convention expired after ten years, and the court ceased to exist in 1918.
Chief Justice of England
The former title of the Lord Chief Justice of England.
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Hist. Formerly, the presiding judge in the Court of Common Pleas. 0 The Judicature Act of 1875 merged the Common Pleas Division into the Queen's Bench Division, at which time the Lord Chief Justice assumed the office of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Cf. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.
Clausula generalis de residuo non ea complectitur quae non ejusdem sint generis cum its quae speciatim dicta fuerant
A general clause of remainder does not embrace those things that are not of the same kind as those that had been specially mentioned.
Code of Justinian
See JUSTINIAN CODE.
Code of Military Justice
The collection of substantive and procedural rules governing the discipline of members of the armed forces. 10 USCA §§ 801 et seq. - Also termed Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Codex Justinianeus
See JUSTINIAN CODE.
Commenda, est facultas recipiendi et retinendi beneficium contra jus positivum a suprema potestate
A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority.
Communis error facit jus
A common error (one often repeated) makes law.
Communis error non facit jus
A common error does not make law.
Confirmare nemo potest priusquam jus ei acciderit
No one can confirm before the right accrues to him.
Contra legem facit qui id facit quod lex prohibit; in fraudem vero qui, salvis verbis legis, sententiam ejus circumvenit
A person acts contrary to the law who does what the law prohibits; a person acts in fraud of the law who, without violating the wording, circumvents the intention. Dig. 1.3.29.
Court of Justice Seat
See COURT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN EYRE.
Court of Justiciary, High
See HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
Court of the Chief Justice in Eyre
Hist. An eyre court responsible for trying offenses against the forest laws. ( The jurisdiction of this Court was similar to that of the Court of Sweinmote. - Also termed Court of Justice Seat.
Cui jus est donandi eidem et vendendi et concedendi jus est
A person who has a right to give has also a right to sell and to grant.
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere
A person who has authority to do the more important act ought not to be debarred from doing what is of less importance.
Cujus est commodum, ejus debet esse incommodum
The person who has the advantage should also have the disadvantage.
Cujus est commodum, ejus est onus
The person who has the benefit has also the burden.
Cujus est dare, ejus est disponere
The person who has a right to give has the right of disposition. ( That is, the bestower of a gift has a right to regulate its disposal.
Cujus est divisio, alterius est electio
When one of two parties has the division (of an estate), the other has the choice (of the shares). e In partition between coparceners, where the division is made by the eldest, the rule in English law is that she shall choose her share last.
Cujus est dominium, ejus est periculum
The risk lies upon the owner.
Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum et ad in feros
Whoever owns the soil owns everything up to the sky and down to the depths.
Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.
The person who owns the soil owns up to the sky. ( One who owns the surface of the ground owns, or has an exclusive right to everything that is upon or above it to an indefinite height.
Cujus juris (i.e., jurisdictionis) est principale, ejusdem juris erit accessorium
An accessory matter is subject to the same jurisdiction as its principal.
Cujus per errorem dati repetitio est, ejus consulto dati donatio est
A thing given by mistake can be recovered; if given purposely, it is a gift. Dig. 50.17.53.
Cujusque rei potissima pars est principium
The principal part of everything is the beginning.
Curia cancellariae oicina justitiae
The court of chancery is the workshop of justice.
Department of Justice
The federal executive division that is responsible for federal law enforcement and related programs and services. The U.S. Attorney General heads this department, which has separate divisions for prosecuting cases under federal antitrust laws, tax laws, environmental laws, and criminal laws. The department also has a civil division that represents the U.S. government in cases involving tort claims and commercial litigation. -Abbr. DOJ.
Designatio justiciariorum est a rege; jurisdictio vero ordinaria a lege
The appointment of justices is by the king, but their ordinary jurisdiction is by the law.
Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum
Discretion is to discern through law what is just.
Discretio est scire per legem quid sit justum.
Discretion consists in knowing what is just in law.
Dispensatio est vulnus, quod vulnerat jus commune
A dispensation is a wound, because it wounds a common right.