Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Keeper
One who has the care, custody, or management of something and who usu. is legally responsible for it < a dog's keeper > < a keeper of lost property>.
Keeper of the Briefs
See CUSTOS BREvIUM.
Keeper of the Broad Seal
See KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL.
Keeper of the Great Seal
In England and Scotland, an officer who has custody of the Great Seal and who authenticates state documents of the highest importance. ( In England, the duties of the Keeper of the Great Seal are now discharged by the Lord Chancellor. - Also termed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal; Lord Keeper; Keeper of the Broad Seal; Custos Sigilli.
Keeper of the King's Conscience
See LORD CHANCELLOR.
Keeper of the Privy Seal
1 LORD PRIVY SEAL. 2. In Scotland and Cornwall, an officer similar to the English Lord Privy Seal.
Keeper of the Rolls
See CUSTOS ROTULORUM.
Lord Keeper
See KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL.
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
See KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL.
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
See LORD PRIVY SEAL.
hotelkeeper's lien
A possessory or statutory lien allowing an innkeeper to hold, as security for payment, personal property that a guest brought into the hotel.
hotelkeeper's lien.
See LIEN,
innkeeper.
A person who, for compensation, keeps open a public house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. ( A keeper of a boarding house is usually not considered an innkeeper.