Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Calendar
ub. 1. To place an important event on a calendar, esp. so that the event will be remembered. 2. To place a case on a calendar.
Calends
See CAlENDS.
De molendino de novo erecto non jacet prohibitio
A prohibition does not lie against a newly erected mill.
Gregorian calendar.
See NEW STYLE.
Julian calendar
See OLD STYLE. 2. A court's list of civil or criminal cases. court calendar See COURT CALENDAR.
Kalendar
Archaic. See CALENDAR.
Kalendarium
Roman law. 1. A book of accounts in which a moneylender recorded the names of debtors and the principal and interest due. 2. A written register of births, recorded daily.
Lend
ub 1. To allow the temporary use of (something), sometimes in exchange for compensation, on condition that the thing or its equivalent be returned. 2. To provide (money) temporarily on condition of repayment, usu. with interest.
Lender
A person or entity from which some thing (esp. money) is borrowed.
Malus usus est abolendus
An evil custom ought to be abolished.
Quae dubitationis causa tollendae inseruntur communem legem non laedunt
Whatever is inserted for the purpose of removing doubt does not hurt the common law.
Quae dubitationis tollendae causa contractibus inseruntur jus commune non laedunt
Clauses inserted in agreements to remove ambiguity do not prejudice the general law. Dig. 50.17.81.
Tempus enim modus tollendi obligationes et actiones, quia tempus currit contra Besides et sui juris contemptores
For time is a means of destroying obligations and actions, because time runs against those who are inactive and show little respect for their own rights.
Testatoris ultima voluntas est perimplenda secundum veram intentionem suam
The last will of a testator is to be fulfilled according to his true intention.
Truth in Lending Act
See CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT. - Abbr. TILA.
Ultima voluntas testatoris est perimplenda secundum veram intentionem suam
The last will of a testator is to be fulfilled according to his true intention.
Voluntas ultima testatoris est perimplenda secundum veram intentionem suam
the last will of a testator is to fulfilled according to his true intention
altius non tollendi
[latin "of not raising higher"] roman & civil law. a servitude prohibiting a landowner from building a house above a certain height.
altius tollendi
[latin "of raising higher"] roman & civil law. a servitude that allows a landowner to build a house as high as desired.
blended fund
A fund created by income from more than one source, usu. from the sale of a testator's real and personal property.
blended fund.
See FUND (1).
blended trust
A trust in which the beneficiaries are a group, with no member of the group having a separable individual interest. Courts rarely recognize these trusts.
blended trust.
See TRUST.
blending clause.
A provision in a will disposing of both the testator's own property and the property over which the testator has a power of appointment, so that the two types of property are treated as a unit. blind entry. See ENTRY (2).
calendar call
A court session in which the judge calls each case awaiting trial, determines its status, and assigns a trial date.
calendar day
A consecutive 24-hour day running from midnight to midnight. - Also termed natural day.
calendar month
See MONTH.
calendar motion
A motion relating to the time of court appearances. ( Examples include motions to continue, motions to advance, and motions to reset.
calendar year
See YEAR.
calends
Roman law. In the ancient Roman calendar, the first day of the month. -Also spelled kalends. Cf. NONES.
consent calendar
1. A schedule of informal hearings involving a child, usu. arranged when it appears that the child's best interests will be served, if the case is heard informally. ( The child and all interested parties must first consent before the case goes on the consent calendar. 2. A list of legislative bills that, having no anticipated objection, may be enacted into law without a vote. 9 The term also applies to a similar list maintained by an administrative agency. - Also termed (in sense 2) unanimousconsent calendar.
court calendar
A list of matters scheduled for trial or hearing; DOCKET (2).
de secta ad molendinum
n. [Law Latin "of suit at mill"]
institutional lender
A business, esp. a bank, that routinely makes loans to the general public.
lease-lend
See LEND-LEASE.
lend-lease
A mutually beneficial exchange made between friendly parties; esp., an arrangement made in 1941, under the LendLease Act, whereby U.S. destroyers were lent to Great Britain in exchange for Britain's leasing of land to the United States for military bases. - Also termed lease-lend.
prime lending rate
See prime rate under INTEREST RATE.
secondary lender
A wholesale mortgage buyer who purchases first mortgages from banks and savings-and-loan associations, enabling them to restock their money supply and loan more money.
secta ad molendinum.
See DE SECTA AD MOLENDINUM.
servitus altius non tollendi
[Latin "the servitude of not building higher"] Roman law. A servitude allowing a person to prevent a neighbor from building a higher house.
special calendar
A calendar marked with court cases that have been specially set for hearing or trial. See special setting under SETTING. 3. A list of bills reported out of a legislative committee for consideration by the entire legislature.
trial calendar
See DOCKET (2).
unanimous-consent calendar
See CONSENT CALENDAR (2).