Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Litus est quousque maximus fluctus a mari pervenit
The shore is where the highest wave from the sea has reached.
Luctus
n. [Latin] Roman law. Mourning.
annum luctus
n. [latin "year of mourning"] roman law. the year following the death of a married man during which his widow could not remarry, because of the confusion that would ensue in determining the parentage of a child born a few months after a second marriage within that year. - also sometimes termed year in mourning.
ebba et fluctus
n. [Latin "ebb and flow"] Hist. The ebb and flow of tide; ebb and flood. ( The time of one ebb and flood, plus an additional 40 days, was anciently granted to a person who was excused from court for being beyond seas. See EBB AND FLOW; ESSOIN; BEYOND SEAS.
infra annum luctus
adu. [Latin] Hist. Within the year of mourning. ( The referred to the one-year period of mourning during which a widow was prohibited from remarrying.
intra luctus tempus
adu. & adj. [Latin] Within the time of mourning.