Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Auxilium ad filium militem faciendum et filiam maritandam
n. [law latin] hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to levy a tax toward the knighting of a son and the marrying of a daughter of tenants in capite of the crown.
Litem
See AD LITEM.
Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resolvit
A precedent accomplishes nothing if it settles one dispute by raising another.
ad litem
[Latin "for the suit"] For the purposes of the suit; pending the suit. See GUARDIAN AD LITEM.
administrator ad litem
A special administrator appointed by the court to represent the estate's interest in an action usu. either because there is no administrator of the estate or because the current administrator has an interest in the action adverse to that of the estate.
administrator ad litem.
See ADMINISTRATOR (1)
ante litem motam
[law latin "before the lawsuit was started"] before a legal dispute arose - i.e., at a time when the declarant has no motive to lie.
curator ad litem
A curator appointed by a court to represent the interests of a youth or incapacitated person during the proceedings before the court,
guardian ad litem
A guardian, usu. a lawyer, appointed by the court to appear in a lawsuit on behalf of an incompetent or minor party. - Also termed special guardian. Cf. NEXT FRIEND.
in litem
adv. [Latin] For a suit; to the suit. See AD LITEM. in loco (in loh-koh). [Latin] In the place of.
juramentum in litem
An oath in litem. See oath in litem under OATH.
litem denuntiare
[Latin "to announce a suit"] Roman law. 1. The summoning of a defendant by a magistrate in the late classical period. 2. The notification by a buyer to the seller of a claim by a third party to the things sold. - Also spelled litem denunciare. Cf. LITIS DENUNTIATIO.
litem suam facere
ub. [Latin "to make a suit one's own"] Roman law. (Of a judex) to show partiality to one side in a dispute or otherwise neglect official duties.
oath in litem
Civil law. An oath taken by a plaintiff in testifying to the value of the thing in dispute when there is no evidence of value or when the defendant has fraudulently suppressed evidence of value.
post litem motam
[Law Latin] After suit commenced. ( Depositions held after litigation had begun were formerly sometimes so called.
trustee ad litem
A trustee appointed by the court.