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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Lawful

adj. Not contrary to law; permitted by law <the police officer conducted a lawful search of the premises>. See LEGAL.

Lawful arrest

the taking of a person into legal custody either under a valid warrant or on probable cause that the person has committed a crime.

Lawful dependent

See DEPENDENT.

Unlawful

adj. 1. Not authorized by law; illegal <in some cities, jaywalking is unlawful>. 2. Criminally punishable <unlawful entry>. 3. Involving moral turpitude <the preacher spoke to the congregation about the unlawful activities of gambling and drinking>. - unlawfully, adv.

Unlawful assembly

a meeting of three or more persons who intend either to commit a violent crime or to carry out some act, lawful or unlawful, that will constitute a breach of the peace. Cf. Riot.

lawful admission

Immigration. Legal entry into the country, including under a valid immigrant visa. ( Lawful admission is one of the requirements for an immigrant to receive a naturalization order and certificate. 8 USCA ยงยง 1101(a)(20), 1427(a)(1).

lawful age

see age of capacity. 2. see age of majority (1).

lawful arrest

See ARREST,

lawful authorities

Those persons (such as the police) with the right to exercise public power, to require obedience to their lawful commands, and to command or act in the public name.

lawful cause

See good cause under CAUSE (2)

lawful condition

A condition that can be fulfilled without violating the law.

lawful damages

Those damages fixed by law and ascertained in a court of law.

lawful dependent

1. One who receives an allowance or benefits from the public, such as social security. 2. One who qualifies to receive a benefit from private funds as determined within the terms of the laws governing the distribution.

lawful entry

1. The entry onto real property by a person not in possession, under a claim or color of right, and without force or fraud. 2. The entry of premises under a search warrant. See EJECTION; EVICTION; search warrant under WARRANT.

lawful fence

A strong, substantial, and wellsuited barrier that is sufficient to prevent animals from escaping property and to protect the property from trespassers. - Also termed legal fence; good rind lawful fence.

lawful goods

Property that one may legally hold, sell, or export; property that is not contraband.

lawful heir

See HEIR.

lawful issue

Descendants, including descendants more remote than children. 0 At common law, the term included only those who were children of legally recognized subsisting marriages. See DESCENDENT; HEIR. 4. Commercial law. The first delivery of a negotiable instrument by its maker or holder.

lawful man

See LEGALIS HOMO.

lawful money

Money that is legal tender for the payment of debts.

lawful representative

See REPRESENTATIVE.

resisting unlawful arrest

The act of opposing a police officer who is making an unlawful arrest. ( Most jurisdictions have accepted the Model Penal Code position prohibiting the use of force to resist an unlawful arrest when the person arrested knows that a police officer is making the arrest. But some jurisdictions allow an arrestee to use nondeadly force to prevent the arrest.

unlawful act

Conduct that is not authorized by law; a violation of a civil or criminal law.

unlawful assembly

See ASSEMBLY.

unlawful condition

A condition that cannot be fulfilled without violating the law. Loosely, a term, provision, or clause in a contract."This term condition is generally used to describe any fact, subsequent to the formation of a contract, which operates to make the duty of a promisor immediately active and compelling. Such a fact may be described as such in a term of the contract or it may not. In either event; the term of the contract should not itself be called the condition .... It is not uncommon, popularly, to speak of a condition of the contract as synonymous with term or provision of the contract. This should be avoided." William R. Anson, Principles of the Law of Contract 226 n.1 (Arthur L. Corbin ed., 3d Am. ed. 1919).

unlawful detainer

The unjustifiable retention of the possession of real property by one whose original entry was lawful, as when a tenant holds over after lease termination despite the landlord's demand for possession. 2. The confinement of a person in custody. 3. A writ authorizing a prison official to continue holding a prisoner in custody.

unlawful entry

1 The crime of entering another's property, by fraud or other illegal means, without the owner's consent. 2. An alien's crossing of a border into a country without proper documents.

unlawful force

Action constituting an offense or actionable tort directed against a person without that person's consent.

unlawful interference with contractual relations

See TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS.

unlawful picketing

Picketing carried on in violation of law, as when the picketers use threats or violence to dissuade other employees from returning to work.

unlawful sexual intercourse

See RAPE.

unlawful-detainer proceeding

An action to return a wrongfully held tenancy (as one held by a tenant after the lease has expired) to its owner. See unlawful detainer under DETAINER.