Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Linea
n. [Latin "line"] Hist. A line of descent.
Linea recta est index sui et obliqui; lex est linea recta
A right line is an index of itself and of an oblique; law is a right line. Co. Litt. 158b.
Linea recta semper praefertur transversali
The right line is always preferred to the collateral.
Lineage
Ancestry and progeny; family, ascending or descending.
Lineal
adj. Derived from or relating to common ancestors, esp. in a direct line; hereditary. Cf. COLLATERAL (1).
interlineation
n. 1. The act of writing something between the lines of an earlier writing. 2. Something written between the lines of an earlier writing. - interline, ub. Cf. INTERPOLATION.
linea directa
n. [Latin "direct line"] Roman law. The relationship among persons in the direct line of ascent and descent, such as grandfather, father, and son.
linea oblique
See linea transversa under LINEA.
linea reta
See LINEA.
linea transuersalis
See LINEA.
linea transversa
n. [Latin "transverse line"] Roman law. The relationship between persons in the collateral line of descent, such as uncle and nephew. -Also termed linea obliqua.
lineal consanguinity
The relationship between persons who are directly descended or a:,cended from one another (for example,mother and daughter, great-grandfather and ez-andson, etc.).
lineal descent
Descent in a direct or straight line, as from father or grandfather to son or grandson. - Also termed direct-line descent.
lineal heir
A person who is either an ancestor or a descendant of the decedent, such as a parent or child. Cf. collateral heir.
lineal warranty
Hist. A warranty existing when an heir derives title to land from the warrantor; a warranty from the same ancestor as the one from whom the land derived.