Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Liberties
Hist. 1. Privileged districts exempt from the sheriff's jurisdiction. 2. In American colonial times, laws. 3. Political subdivisions of Philadelphia.
american civil liberties union
a national organization whose primary purpose is to help enforce and preserve individual rights and liberties guaranteed by federal and state constitutions. - abbr. aclu.
gaol liberties
See JAIL LIBERTIES. \
indecent liberties
Improper behavior toward a child, esp. of a sexual nature.
jail liberties
Bounds within which a jail or prison lies and throughout which certain prisoners are allowed to move freely, usu. after giving bond for the liberties. 0 The bounds are considered an extension of the prison walls. Historically, jail liberties were given in England to those imprisoned for debt. The prisoners were allowed to move freely within the city in which the prison was located. - Also spelled gaol liberties. - Also termed jail limits. "[S]tatutes were from time to time passed enlarging the gaol liberties, in order to mitigate the hardships of imprisonment: thus, the whole city of Boston was held the 'gaol liberties' of its county gaol. And so with a large part of New York City .... The prisoner, while within the limits, is considered as within the walls of the prison." -1 John Bouvier, Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1333-34 (8th ed. 1914).