Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ad offxcium justiciariorum spectat unicuique coram eis placitanti justitiam exhibere
It is the duty of justices to administer justice to everyone pleading before them.
Court of Justiciary, High
See HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
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.
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 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
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.
Quam longum debet esse rationabile tempus, non definitur in lege, sed pendet ex discretione justiciariorum
How long a time should be "reasonable" the law does not define; it depends on the discretion of the judges.
Quam rationabilis debet esse finis, non detnitur, sed omnibus circumstantiis inspectis pendet ex justiciariorum discretione
How reasonable a fine should be is not defined, but depends on the discretion of the judges, after all the circumstances have been considered.
capitalas justiciarius ad placita coram rege tenenda
[Latin] Hist. Chief justice for holding pleas before the king. & This phrase - which dates from the 13th century - referred to the chief justice of the King's Bench.
capitalis justiciarius
[Latin "chief justiciary"] Hist. The principal minister of state who governed when the king traveled abroad. 9 By the 13th century the duties of office were more judicial than political. See JUSTICIARY (2).
capitalis justiciarius banci
[Latin] Chief justice of the bench. ( This phrase - which dates from the 13th century - referred to the chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
capitalis justiciarius totius Anglise
[Latin] Hist. Chief justice of all England. ( This was the title of the presiding justice in the court of aula regis.
chief justiciar
See JUSTICIARY (2).
justiciarii itinerantes
n. [Latin "itinerant justices"] Justices in eyre. See JUSTICE IN EYRE.
justiciarii residents
n. [Latin "resident justices"] Hist. Justices who usu. held court in Westminster, as opposed to traveling with the eyre. Cf. EYRE. justiciar in itinere. See JUSTICE IN EYRE.