Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Liberal
adj. 1. (Of a condition, state, opinion, etc.) not restricted; expansive; tolerant <liberal policy>. 2. (Of a person or entity) opposed to conservatism; advocating expansive freedoms and individual expression <liberal party>. 3. (Of an act, etc.) generous <a liberal gift>. 4. (Of an interpretation, construction, etc.) not strict or literal; loose < a liberal reading of the statute>.
Reprobata pecunia liberal solventem
Money refused releases the person paying (or offering payment).
liberal construction
An interpretation that applies a writing in light of the situation presented and that tends to effectuate the spirit and purpose of the writing. - Also termed equitable construction; loose construction; broad interpretation."Liberal construction . . . expands the meaning of the statute to embrace cases which are clearly within the spirit or reason of the law, or within the evil which it was designed to remedy, provided such an interpretation is not inconsistent with the language used. It resolves all reasonable doubts in favor of the applicability of the statute to the particular case." William M. Lile et al., Brief Making and the Use of Law Books 343 (3d ed. 1914).
liberal interpretation
Interpretation according to what the reader believes the author reasonably intended, even if, through inadvertence, the author failed to think of it.