Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Liberative

adj. Serving or tending to free or release.

deliberative process privilege

A privilege permitting the government to withhold docu ments relating to policy formulation to encourage open and independent discussion among those who develop government policy.

liberative prescription

Civil law. A bar to a lawsuit resulting from its untimely filing. ( This term is essentially the civil-law equivalent to a statute of limitations. See STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 2. The acquisition of title to a thing (esp. an intangible thing such as the use of real property) by open and continuous possession over a statutory period. - Also termed positive prescription; acquisitive prescription. Cf ADVERSE POSSESSION.