Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere
A person who has authority to do the more important act ought not to be debarred from doing what is of less importance.
Licere
vb. [Latin] Roman law. 1. To be allowed by law. 2. To bid for an item, as at an auction.
Non debet actori licere quod reo non permittitur
What is not permitted to the defendant ought not to be allowed to the plaintiff.
Non debet cui plus licet quod minus est non licere
A person who is permitted to do the greater thing ought not to be forbidden to do the lesser.
Quando licit id quod majus, videtur licere id quod minus
When the greater is allowed, the lesser is considered to be allowed also.
Quod semel placuit in electione, amplius displicere non potest
That which in making his election a man has once decided, he cannot afterwards disavow.
habere licere
vb. [Latin "to allow to have"] Roman law. To allow a purchaser to possess and enjoy property undisturbed. 0 The term denoted a seller's duty; if the duty was breached, the purchaser could maintain an actio ex empto. hab. fa. abbr. HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM.