Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Lean
ub 1. To incline or tend in opinion or preference. ( A court is sometimes said to "lean against" the position of one of the advocates before it, meaning that the court regards the advocate's position disfavorably. 2. To yield; to submit.
Quae non valeant singula, juncta juvant
Things that may not avail individually have effect when united.
clean bill
See BILL (s).
clean bill of lading
See BILL OF LADING.
clean bill of lading.
1. A bill of lading containing no clause or notation qualifyingthe bill's terms. 2. Maritime law. A bill of lading that, by not providing for storage of goods on a ship's deck, implies that the goods are to be stowed belowdecks.
clean bill.
A bill that has been changed so much by a legislative committee that it is better to introduce a new bill (a "clean" one) than to explain the changes made.
clean draft
A draft with no shipping documents attached. demand draft. See sight draft.
clean house
ub. Slang. 1. To discharge a considerable number of employees, usu. in management, so that new employees may be brought in. 2. To sell securities not meeting an investor's requirements.
clean letter of credit
See LETTER OF CREDIT.
clean-hands doctrine
The principle that a party cannot seek equitable relief or assert an equitable defense if that party has violated an equitable principle, such as good faith. * Such a party is described as having "unclean hands." - Also termed unclean-hands doctrine.
clean-slate rule
Criminal procedure. The doctrine that the double jeopardy prohibition does not apply to the retrial of a defendant who appealed and obtained a reversal of an earlier conviction.
cleanup clause
In a loan agreement, a clause that calls for a loan to be repaid in full within a given period, after which no further loans will be afforded the debtor for a specified "cleanup" period.
cleanup doctrine
The jurisdictional principle that once an equity court has acquired jurisdiction over a case, it may decide both equitable and legal issues as long as the legal issues are ancillary to the equitable ones.
fosterlean
Hist. 1. Remuneration for rearing a foster child. 2. JOINTURE.
unclean-hands doctrine
See CLEAN-HANDS DOCTRINE.