Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Loquela

n. [Law Latin "talk"] Hist. 1. The oral discussions between the parties to a lawsuit leading to the issue, now called the pleadings. 2. Settlement discussions.

loquela sine die

n. [Law Latin] Hist. Indefinite postponement of an action.

recordari facias loquelam

n. [Law Latin "you cause the plaint to be recorded"] Hist. In England, a writ by which a suit or plaint in replevin could be removed from a county court to a superior court (esp. to one of the courts of Westminster Hall). -Abbr.