Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A non posse ad non esse sequitur argumentum necessarie negative, licet non affirmative.
From impossibility to nonexistence the inference follows necessarily in the negative, though not in the affirmative.
Aedilcare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat
It is not lawful to build upon one's own land what may be injurious to another.
Affectus punitur licet non sequatur effectus
The intention is punished even if the object is not achieved.
Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita esl potest fieri; et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto
Even if alienation is prohibited, it may yet take place by the consent of all in whose favor it is prohibited; it is in the power of anyone to renounce a right introduced for his own benefit.
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.
Consuetudo, licet sit magnae auctoritatis, nunquam tamen praejudicat manifestae veritati.
A custom, even if it is of great authority, is never prejudicial to plain truth.
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.
Disseisinam satin facit qui uti non permittit possessorem, vel minus commode, licet omnino non expellat
A person commits disseisin if he does not permit the possessor to enjoy, or makes the possessor's enjoyment less useful, even if the disseisor does not expel the possessor altogether. Co. Litt. 331.
Est aliquid quod non oportet etiam si licet; quicquid vero non licet certe non oportet.
There is that which is not proper, even though permitted; but whatever is not permitted is certainly not proper.
Hora non est multum de substantia negotii, licet in appello de ea aliquando fiat mentio.
The hour is not of much consequence to the substance of business, although in appeal it is sometimes mentioned.
Illud quod alteri unitur extinguitur, neque amplius per se vacare licet.
That which is united to another is extinguished, nor can it again be detached.
In omni actione ubi duae concurrunt districtiones, videlicet in rem et in personam, illa districtio tenenda est quae magis timetur et magis ligat
In every action where two distresses (or forms of distraint) concur, that is in rem and in personam, the distraint is to be chosen that is more dreaded and that binds more firmly. Bracton 372.
In pretio emptionis et venditionis naturaliter licet contrahentibus se circumvenire.
In setting the price for buying and selling, it is naturally allowed to the contracting parties to get the better of each other.
Licet
[Latin] Hist. 1. It is permitted; it is lawful. 2. It is condeded; it is granted.
Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis, tamen potest fieri declaratio praecedens quae sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu
Even if the grant of a future interest is inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made that may take effect, provided a new act intervenes.
Nemo militans Deo implicetur secularibus negotiis
No one warring for God should be troubled by secular business.
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.
Non licet quod dispendio licet
That which is permitted only at a loss is not permitted.
Non omne quod licet honestum est
Nor i-verything that is permitted is honorable.
Non solum quid licet sed quid est conveniens considerandum, quia nihil quod inconveniens est licitum
Not only what is permitted but what is proper is to be considered, because nothing improper is lawful.
Qui aliquid statuerit parte inaudita altera, aequum licet dixerit, haud aequum fecerit
One who has decided anything without hearing the other party, even though he has said what is right, has done wrong.
Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit perjurium
A foolish oath, though false, does not make perjury.
Verba offendi possunt, imo ab eis recedere licet, ut verba ad sanum intellectum reducantur
The words can be faulted-indeed, it is permitted to depart from them, in order that the words may be restored to a sensible meaning.
Vim vi repellere licet, modo fiat moderamine inculpatae tutelae, non ad sumendam vindictam, sed ad propulsandam injuriam
It is lawful to repel force by force; but let it be done with the self-control of blameless defense not to take revenge, but to repel injury.
duces tecum licet languidus
n. [Law Latin "bring with you, although sick"] Hist. A habeas corpus writ ordering a sheriff to bring someone into court despite a return by the sheriff noting that the person was too ill to come.
scilicet
[fr. Latin scire licet "that you may know"] That is to say; namely; VIDELICET. ( Like videlicet, this word is used in pleadings and other instruments to introduce a more particular statement of matters previously mentioned in general terms. It has never been quite as common, however, as videlicet. -Abbr. sc.; scil.; (erroneously) ss.
videlicet
. [Latin] To wit; that is to say; namely; SCILICET. ( The term is used primarily to point out, particularize, or render more specific what has been previously stated in general (or occasionally obscure) language. One common function is to state the time, place, or manner when that is the essence of the matter at issue. - Abbr. viz. See viz.