Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Literary
adj. Of or relating to literature, books, or writings.
lego-literary
adj. Rare. Of or relating to law and literature. See LAW AND LITERATURE.
literary composition
An original expression of mental effort in written words arranged in an intelligent and purposeful order. See LITERARY WORK.
literary property
1.The physical property in which an intellectual production is embodied, such as a book, screenplay, or lecture. 2. An owner's exclusive right to possess, use, and dispose of such a production. See COPYRIGHT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
literary work
A work, other than an audiovisual work, that is expressed in words, numbers, or other symbols, regardless of the medium that embodies it. 17 USCA § 101. "Copyright protection extends to literary works which are defined as works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as books, periodicals, manuscripts, phonorecords, film, tapes, disks, or cards in which they are embodied. The term 'literary work' does not connote any criterion of literary merit or qualitative value and includes catalogs and directories; similar factual, reference or instructional works; compilations of data; computer data bases, and computer programs." 18 Am. Jur. 2d Copyright and Literary Property § 25, at 360 (1985).