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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edicts of Justinian
Roman law. The 13 constitutions or laws of Justinian, appended to the Greek collection of the Novels. 0 The Edicts were confined to police matters in the provinces of the Roman Empire.
Equal Access to Justice Act
A federal statute enacted in 1980 to allow the prevailing party in certain actions against the government to recover attorney's or expert-witness fees. Pub. L. No. 96-481, title 11, 94 Stat. 2325 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 5, 15, and 28 USCA). - Abbr. EAJA.
Festinatio justitiae est noverca infortunii.
The hurrying of justice is the stepmother of misfortune.
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Let justice be done, though the heaven should fall.
Finis est amicabilis compositio et ftnalis concordia ex concensu et concordia domino regis vel justiciarum
A fine is an amicable settlement and decisive agreement by consent and agreement of our lord, the king, or his justicies.
High Court of Justice.
The superior civil court of England and Wales. - Often shortened to High Court.
High Court of Justiciary
The superior criminal court of Scotland, acting both as a trial court and as a court of criminal appeal. high crime. See CRIME high diligence. See great diligence under DILIGENCE. higher court. See court above under COURT higher scale. See SCALE. highest and best use. See USE
In re dubia benigniorem interpretationem sequi non minus justius est quam tutius
In a doubtful matter, to follow the more liberal interpretation is as much the more just as it is the safer course.
Iniquissima pax est anteponenda justissimo bello
The most unjust peace is to be preferred to the justest war.
Injustice
1. An unjust state of affairs; unfairness. 2. An unjust act.
Injustum est, nisi tota lege inspecta, de una aliqua ejus particula proposita judicare vel respondere
It is unjust to give judgment or opinion concerning any particular clause of a law without having examined the whole law.
Institutes of Justinian
See INSTITUTE.
International Court of Justice.
The 15-member U.N. tribunal that sits primarily at The Hague, Netherlands, to adjudicate disputes between countries that voluntarily submit cases for decision. 0 Appeal from the court lies only with the U.N. Security Council. - Abbr. ICJ. - Also termed World Court.
Jedburgh justice
A brand of justice involving punishment (esp. execution) first and trial afterwards. ( The term alludes to Jedburgh, a Scottish border town where in the 17th century raiders were said to have been hanged without the formality of a trial. Jedburgh justice differs from lynch law in that the former was administered by an established court (albeit after the fact). - Also termed Jeddart justice; Jedwood justice. Cf. LIDFORD LAW; LYNCH LAW.
Jeddart justice
See Jedburgh justice under JUSTICE (1).
Jedwood justice
See Jedburgh justice under JUSTICE (1).
Jurisprudentia est divinarum atque humanarum rerum notitia, justi atque injusti scientia
Jurisprudence is the knowledge of things divine and human, the science of the just and the unjust. Just. Inst. 1.1.1.
Just
Inst. = Justinian's Institutes. P. Krueger ed.; P. Birks & G. McLeod trans. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1987.
Justice
1. The fair and proper administration of laws.
Justicer
n. Archaic. One who administers justice; a judge.
Justiceship
1 The office or authority of a justice. 2. The period of a justice's incumbency.
Justiciability
n. The quality or state of being appropriate or suitable for review by a court. See MOOTNESS DOCTRINE; RIPENESS. Cf. STANDING. "Concepts of justiciability have been developed to identify appropriate occasions for judicial action .... The central concepts often are elaborated into more specific categories of justiciability - advisory opinions, feigned and collusive cases, standing, ripeness, mootness, political questions, and administrative questions." 13 Charles Alan Wright et al., Federal Practice and Procedure § 3529, at 278-79 (2d ed. 1984).
Justiciable
(ja-stish-ee-a-bal or jas-tish-a-bal) adj. (Of a case or dispute) properly brought before a court of justice; capable of being disposed of judicially <a justiciable controversy>.
Justiciar
n. 1. Hist. A royal judicial officer in medieval England; esp., a justice presiding over a superior court. 2. JUSTICIARY (21. - Also spelled justicier.
Justiciary
n. 1. A justice or judge. 2. Hist. The chief administrator of both government and justice. 0 From the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 until the reign of Henry III (1216-1272), the justiciary presided in the King's Court and in the Exchequer, supervising all governmental departments and serving as regent in the king's absence. These functions were later divided among several officials such as the lord chancellor, the chief justice, and the lord high treasurer. - Also termed justiciar; chief justiciar; capitalis justiciarius. 3. Scots law. The administration of justice, esp. of criminal law.