Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Litigation
n. 1. The process of carrying on a lawsuit <the attorney advised his client to make a generous settlement offer in order to avoid litigation>. 2. A lawsuit itself <several litigations pending before the court>. - litigate, vb. - litigatory, litigational, adj. litigation costs See COST (3).
group litigation.
A set of lawsuits on behalf of or against numerous persons recognized as one litigating entity, such as a civil-rights group. group policy. See master policy under INSURANCE POLICY.
imported litigation.
One or more lawsuits brought in a state that has no interest in the dispute.
litigation privilege
A privilege protecting the attorneys and parties in a lawsuit from defamation claims arising from statements made in the course of the suit.
multidistrict litigation
Civil procedure. Federal-court litigation in which civil actions pending in different districts and involving common fact questions are transferred to a single district for coordinated pretrial proceedings, after which the actions are returned to their original districts for trial. ( Multidistrict litigation is governed by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which is composed of seven circuit and district judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States. 28 USCA ยง 1407. -Abbr. MDL.
satellite litigation
1. One or more lawsuits related to a major piece of litigation that is being conducted in another court <the satellite litigation in state court prevented the federal judge from ruling on the issue>. 2. Peripheral skirmishes involved in the prosecution of a lawsuit <the plaintiffs called the sanctions "satellite litigation," drummed up by the defendants to deflect attention from the main issues in the case>.
sham litigation
See SHAM EXCEPTION,
special litigation committee
Corporations. A committee of independent corporate directors assigned to investigate the merits of a shareholder derivative suit and, if appropriate, to recommend maintaining or dismissing the suit. - Abbr. SLC. - Also termed independent investigation committee; authorized committee. See DERIVATIVE ACTION.