Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
In claris non est locus conjectures
In obvious instances there is no room for conjectures.
Locus
[Latin "Place"] The place or position where something is done or exists. -Abbr. L. See SITUS.
Locus contractus regit actum
The place of the contract governs the act.
Locus pro solutione reditus aut pecuniae secundum conditionem dimissionis aut obligationis est stricte observandus
The place for the payment of rent or money is to be strictly observed according to the condition of the lease or obligation.
Nee tempus nee locus occurrit regi
Neither time nor place thwarts the king.
Nullum tempus aut locus occurrit regi
No time or place bars the king.
Quando verba et mens congruunt, non est interpretationi locus
When the words and the mind agree, there is no room for interpretation.
locus actus
[Latin "place of the act"] The place where an act is done; the place of performance.
locus contractus
[Latin "place of the contract"] The place where a contract is made. Cf. LEX LOCI CONTRACTUS.
locus criminis
n. [Latin] The place where a crime is committed.
locus delicti
[Latin "place of the wrong"] The place where an offense is committed; the place where the last event necessary to making the actor liable occurs. Cf. LEX LOCI DELICTI. "When a statute does not indicate where Congress considered the place of committing the crimp to ha the sire or locus delicti must be determined from the nature of the crime and the location of the acts or omissions constituting the offense." United States u. Clinton, 574 F.2d 464, 465 (9th Cir. 1978).
locus in quo
[Latin "place in which"] The place where something is alleged to have occurred.
locus partitus
n. [Latin "a place divided"] Hist. The act of dividing two towns or counties to determine which of them contains the land or place in question.
locus poenitentiae
[Latin "place of repentance"] 1. A point at which it is not too late for one to change one's legal position; the possibility of withdrawing from a contemplated course of action, esp. a wrong, before being committed to it. "The requirement of an overt act before conspirators can be prosecuted and punished exists ... to provide a locus poenitentiae an opportunity for the conspirators to reconsider, terminate the agreement, and thereby avoid punishment." People u. Zamora, 557 P.2d 75, 82 (Cal. 1976). 2. The opportunity to withdraw from a negotiation before finally concluding the contract.
locus publicus
n. [Latin] Roman law. A public place.
locus regit actum
n. [Latin "the place rules the act"] Int'l law. The rule that a transaction complying with the legal formalities of the country where it is created will be considered valid in the country where it is to be effective, even if that country requires additional formalities.
locus rei sitae
n. [Latin "place where a thing is situated"] Civil law. The rule that the place where the land is located is the proper forum in a case involving real estate.
locus sigilli
n. [Latin] The place of the seal. ( Today this phrase is almost always abbreviated "L.S." These are the traditional letters appearing on many notarial certificates to indicate where the notary public's embossed seal should be placed. If a rubberstamp seal is used, it should be placed near but not over this abbreviation. See NOTARY SEAL. "For some period in history seals were required to consist of wax affixed to the parchment or paper on which the terms of the instrument were written. The wax was required to have an identifiable impression made upon it. Usually this was made by a signet ring. In time when ordinary people, who did not have signet rings, learned to read and write, it was to be expected that substitutes for the traditional seal would be accepted by the law. Thus, today it would be generally accurate to say that a seal may consist of wax, a gummed wafer, an impression on the paper, the word 'seal,' the letters 'L.S.' (locus sigilli) or even a pen scratch." John D. Calamari & Joseph M. Perillo, The Law of Contracts $ 7-3, at 296 (3d ed. 1987).
locus standi
[Latin "place of standing"] The right to bring an action or to be heard in a given forum; STANDING.