Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
LBO
See leveraged buyout under BUYOUT.
Mailbox
ule. 1. Contracts. The principle that an acceptance becomes effective - and binds the offeror - once it has been properly mailed. ( The mailbox rule does not apply, however, if the offer provides that an acceptance is not effective until received. 2. The principle that when a pleading or other document is filed or served by mail, filing or service is deemed to have occurred on the date of mailing. ( The mailbox rule varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For example, it sometimes applies only to certain types of filings, and it may apply when a party uses an overnight courier instead of U.S. mail.
Res judicata facit ex albo nigrum, ex nigro album, ex curvo rectum, ex recto curvum
A matter adjudged makes white black; black white; the crooked straight; the straight crooked.
bilboes (bil-bohz).
Hist. 1. A device for punishment at sea consisting of a board with holes that secure an off'ender's hands and feet. Cf. STOCKS. 2. An iron bar with sliding shackles for confining the ankles of prisoners, esp. on shipboard.