Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem est.
A dubious expression is construed against the party using it.
Ambulatoria est voluntas defuncti usque ad vitae supremum exitum.
The will of a decedent is ambulatory (that is, can be altered) until the last moment of life.
Ambulatory automatism
automatism that consists in irresponsible or purposeless wanderings.
Contrarotulator
[Latin "controller" Hist. A person responsible for collecting and managing funds on behalf of the Crown or other government office. a A variety of controllers existed in England, including the contrarotulator custumarum (controller of the customs), contrarotulator hospitii domini regis (controller of the king's household), and contrarotulator pipae (controller of the pipe - i.e., an officer who collected debts due to the Exchequer).
Delator
n. [fr. Latin deferre "to denounce"] Roman & civil law. 1. An accuser. 2. An informer.
Est ipsorum legislatorum tanquam viar. vox.
The voice of the legislators themselves is like a living voice. ( That is, the provisions of a statute are to be understood and interpreted j,_
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The agency responsible for administering the Natural Gas Act and the Natural Gas Policy Act. ( The commission regulates, among other things, interstate oil-and-gas pipelines and some intrastate oil-and-gas operations. - Abbr. FERC. - Also formerly termed Federal Power Commission.
In stipulationibus cum quaeritur quid actum sit, verba contra stipulatorem interpretanda sunt.
In agreements, when there is a question whether action has been taken, the terms are to be interpreted against the party offering them. Dig. 45.1.38.18.
Lator
n. [Latin "a bearer, proposer"] Civil law. 1. A bearer; a messenger. 2. A maker or giver of laws.
Leges suum ligent latorem
Laws should bind their own author.
Legislator
n. One who makes laws within a given jurisdiction; a member of a legislative body. - legislatorial (lej-is-la-tor-ee-al), adj.
Legislatorum est viva vox, rebus et non verbis legem imponere
The voice of legislators is a living voice, to impose laws on (actual) affairs and not on (mere) words.
Peculator
n. Cf DEPECULATION.
Quod enim semel aut bin existit, praetereunt legislatores
Legislators pass by that which happens but once or twice.
Quod semel aut bis existit praetereunt legislatores
Legislators pass over what happens (only) once or twice.
Relator
1. The real party in interest in whose name a state or an attorney general brings a lawsuit. See EX REL. 2. The applicant for a writ, esp. a writ of mandamus, prohibition, or quo warranto. 3. A person who furnishes information on which a civil or criminal case is based; an informer.
Similitudo legalis est casuum diversorum inter se collatorum similis ratio; quod in uno similium valet, valebit in altero
Legal similarity is a similar reason that governs various cases when compared with each other, for what avails in one similar case will avail in the other.
Speculator
A knowledgeable, aggressive investor who trades securities to profit from fluctuating market prices.
Voluntas testatoris ambulatoria est usque ad mortem
The will of a testator is ambulatory right up until his death.( That is, he may change it at anY tune.
adstipulator
n. [latin] roman law. an additional party to a contract who could enforce the contract along with the principal (i.e., the stipulator). ( an adstipulator who enforced an agreement would have to, in turn, pay the stipulator. an adstipulator was brought in to avoid the rule that a person could not directly stipulate for payment after death.
ambulatory
adj. 1. able to walk <the accident victim is still ambulatory>. 2. capable of being altered or revised <a will is ambulatory because it is revocable until the testator's death>.
ambulatory automatism
see automatism.
ambulatory disposition
see disposition.
ambulatory will
A will that can be altered during the testator's lifetime.
appellator
[latin] roman & civil law. 1. an appellant. 2. the judge to whom an appeal is taken.
dilatory
adj. Tending to cause delay <the judge's opinion criticized the lawyer's persistent dilatory tactics>.
dilatory defense
A defense that temporarily obstructs or delays a lawsuit but does not address the merits.
dilatory defense.
See DEFENSE (1).
dilatory exception
An exception intended to delay but not dismiss an action.
dilatory exception.
See EXCEPTION (1,
dilatory fiduciary
A trustee or other fiduciary who causes undue delays in administering an estate.
dilatory fiduciary.
See FIDUCIARY,
dilatory motion
1. A motion made solely for the purpose of delay. 2. A motion that has the effect of delaying the proceedings.
dilatory motion.
See MOTION.
dilatory plea
A plea that does not challenge the merits of a case but that seeks to delay or defeat the action on procedural grounds. "Dilatory pleas are those which do not answer the general right of the plaintiff, either by denial or in confession and avoidance, but assert matter tending to defeat the particular action by resisting the plaintiffs present right of recovery. They may be divided into two main classes: (1) Pleas to the jurisdiction and venue. (2) Pleas in abatement. A minor class, sometimes recognized, is pleas in suspension of the action." Benjamin J. Shipman, Handbook of Common-Law Pleading ยง 220, at 382 (Henry Winthrop Ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923).
escalator clause
A contractual provision that increases or decreases the contract price according to changing market conditions, such as higher or lower taxes or operating costs. -Also termed escalation clause; fluctuating clause.
exceptio dilatoria
A dilatory exception; an exception that defeated the action for a time and creates a delay, such as an agreement not to sue within a certain time.
expilator
n. [Latin] Roman law. A robber; a spoiler or plunderer.
independent regulatory agency
See independent agency under AGENCY (3).
independent regulatory commission
See independent agency under AGENCY (3).
libellus appellatorius
n. [Latin] Roman law. An appeal.
mens legislatoris
[Latin "the intention of the lawmaker"] Legislative intent.
quadruplator
n. [Latin] Roman law. An informer who, by law, could institute criminal proceedings that would result in a fourfold penalty and then receive a reward for doing so. Pl. quadruplatores (kwah-drapla-tor-eez).
regulatory agency
See AGENCY (3).
regulatory offense
1. A statutory crime, as opposed to a common-law crime. 2. See public-welfare offense.
regulatory search
See administrative search.
stipulator
1 One who makes a stipulation. 2. Civil law. The promisee in a stipulation pour autrui, accepting the promise of a benefit to a third party.
ticket speculator
A and then resells them for more than their value; a scalper.