Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Lade

n. Hist. The mouth of a river. Also spelled lode.

Philadelphia lawyer

A shrewd and learned lawyer. ( This term can have positive or negative connotations today, but when it first ap peared (in colonial times), it carried only << positive sense deriving from Philadelphia's position as America's center of learning and culture.

laden in bulk

adj. Maritime law. (Of a vessel) freighted with a cargo that lies loose in the hold, protected from water and moisture by mats and dunnage, instead of cargo packed in containers. ( Cargoes of corn, salt, and similar items are usu. shipped in bulk. lading, bill of See BILL OF LADING.