Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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A rescriptis valet argumentum
An argument from rescripts (i.e., original writs in the register) is valid.
Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequential
A conclusion about the use of a thing from its abuse is invalid.
Accounting Research Bulletin.
A publication containing accounting practices recommended by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. - Abbr. ARB.
Adversus extraneos vitiosa possessio prodesse solet
Possession though faulty is usually sufficient against outsiders. ( Prior possession is a good title of ownership against all who cannot show a better.
Ambiguitas verborum latens verifacatione suppletur; nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur
A latent ambiguity in wording is resolved by evidence; for whatever ambiguity arises from an extrinsic fact is resolved by extrinsic evidence.
Annus inceptus pro completo habetur.
A year begun is held as completed. & Said to be of very limited application.
Argumentum a ma;jori ad minus negative non valet; valet a converso
An argument from the greater to the lesser is of no force in the negative; conversely (in the affirmative) it is valid.
Argumentum a simili valet in lege
An argument by analogy (from a similar case) has force in law.
Argumentum ab impossibili plurimum valet in lege
An argument deduced from an impossibility has the greatest validity in law.
Argumentum ab inconvenienti plurimum valet in lege
An argument drawn from what is unsuitable (or improper) has the greatest validity in law. Co. Litt. 66a.
Audit letter
a client's written request for its attorney to give its financial auditors information about matters such as pending or threatened litigation. (the attorney usu. Sends the response (called an audit response) directly to the financial auditors. See audit response. Audit-letter response. See audit response.
Back-title letter
a letter from a title insurer advising an attorney of the condition of title to land as of a certain date. 0 with this information, the attorney can begin examining the title from that date forward.
Charta de non ente non valet
A deed of a thing not in being is not valid.
Clausula quae abrogationem excludit ab initio non valet
A clause that precludes abrogation is invalid from the beginning.
Confirmatio omnes supplet defectus, licet id quod actum est ab initio non valuit
Confirmation supplies all defects, even if that which has been done was not valid at the beginning.
Counterletter
Civil law. A document by which a record owner of real property acknowledges that another actually owns the property. Counterletters are used when the property is to be reconveyed after a period. See simzdated contract under CONTRACT.
Cum quod ago non valet ut ago, valeat quantum valere potest
When that which I do is of no effect as I do it, let it have as much effect as it can (that is, in some other way).
Deleterious
adj. 1. Poisonous <deleterious toxins>. 2. Unwholesome; psychologically or physically harmful <deleterious influence>.
Depletion
n. An emptying, exhausting, or wasting of an asset, esp. of a finite natural resource such as oil. - deplete, ub. - depletive, adj.
Dies inceptus pro completo habetur
A day begun is held as complete.
Fieri non debet, sed factum valet
It ought not to be done, but if done it is valid.
Fleta seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani
Hist. The title of an ancient treatise on English law, composed in the 13th century and first printed in 1647. ( The work is largely derivative, being based on Bracton's De Legibus et Consuetudinibus. The unknown author may have been a judge or lawyer who wrote the treatise while in London's Fleet prison. - Often shortened to Fleta.
Gavelet
Hist. A writ used in Kent and London to recover rent from land held in gavelkind. See CESSAVIT.
Generale tantum valet in generalibus quantum singulare in singulis
What is general has as much validity among things general as what is particular does among things particular.
Hamleta
See HAMLET.
In obscuris inspici solere quod verisimilius est, aut quad plerumque fteri solet
In obscure cases it is usual to regard what is rgore probable or what is more often done.
Indefinitum aequipollet universali.
The undefined is equivalent to the whole.
Indeftnitum supplet locum universalis.
The undefined supplies the place of the whole.
Jure naturae aequum esneminem cum alterius detrimento et injuria fieri locupletiorem
By the law of nature, it is just that no one should be enriched to the detriment and injury of another.
Let
n. An impediment or obstruction <free to act without let or hindrance>.
Lethal
adj. Deadly; fatal <a lethal drug>,
Letter
n. [French "letter"] Hist. A formal instrument granting some authority.
Malitia supplet aetatem
Malice makes up for age.
Medletum
n. [Law Latin fr. French mesler "to mingle"] Hist. 1. A mixing together of something. 2. An affray or sudden encounter; a melee. 3. Interference in a business matter.
Modus de non decimando non valet
A prescription not to pay tithes is void.
Nemo debet locupletari aliena jactura
No one ought to be enriched at another's expense.
Nemo debet locupletari ex alterius incommodo
No one ought to be enriched out of another's disadvantage.
Non valet confirmatio, nisi ille, qui confirmat, sit in possessione rei vel juris uncle fieri debet confirmatio; et eodem modo, nisi ille cui confirmatio fit sit in possessione
Confirmation is not valid unless the person who confirms is in possession either of the thing or of the right of which confirmation is to be made, and, in like manner, unless that person to whom confirmation is made is in possession.
Non valet donatio nisi subsequatur traditio
A gift is not valid unless delivery (or transference) follows.
Non valet exceptio ejusdem rei cujus petitur dissolutio
An exception based on the very matter of which the determination is sought is not valid.
Non valet impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum
An impediment that does not derive its effect from the law has no force.
Obsolete
adj. No longer in general use; out-ofdate.
Perpetua lex est nullam legem humanam ac positivam perpetuam esse; et clausula quae abrogationem excludit ab initio non valet
It is a perpetual law that no human or positive law can be perpetual; and a clause in a law that precludes abrogation is void from the outset.
Plus valet unus oculatus testis quam auriti decem
One eyewitness is better than ten earwitnesses.
Praesumptio violenta valet in lege
Forceful presumption is effective in law.
Privilegium non valet contra rempublicam
A privilege has no force against the commonwealth.
Proletariat
The working class; those without capital who sell their labor to survive.
Proletarius
[Latin] Roman law. One of the common people; a member of a lower class who owned little or no property.
Propositio indefinites aequipollet universali
An indefinite proposition is equal to a general one.
Quando quod ago non valet ut ago, valeat quantum valere potest
When what I do does not have effect as I do it, let it have as much effect as it can.