Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Consuetudo, licet sit magnae auctoritatis, nunquam tamen praejudicat manifestae veritati.
A custom, even if it is of great authority, is never prejudicial to plain truth.
In rebus manifestis errat qui auctoritates legum allegat; quia perspicua vera non sunt probanda
A person errs who adduces authorities on the law in matters self-evident; because obvious truths need not be proved.
Manifest
n. A document listing the cargo or passengers carried on a ship, airplane, or other vehicle.
Manifesta probatione non indigent
Obvious facts are not in need of proof.
Manifesto
A written statement publicly declaring the issuer's principles, policies, or intentions; esp., a formal document explaining why a state or nation declared war or took some other significant international action.
Non aliter a significatione verborum recedi oportet quam cum manifestum est aliud sensisse testatorem
We must depart from the (ordinary) significance of words only when it is evident that the testator had a different understanding. Dig. 32.69. pr.
Origine propria neminem posse voluntate sua eximi manifestum est
It is manifest that no one by his own will can be stripped of his origin (or be banished from his place of origin).
Ubi non est manifests injustitia, judices habentur pro bonis viris, et judicatum pro veritate
Where there is no manifest injustice, the judges are to be regarded as honest men, and their judgment as truth.
Voluntas donatoris in charta doni sui manifeste expressa observetur
The will of the donor, if clearly expressed in the deed of his gift, should be observed.
antimanifesto
int'l law. a proclamation in which a belligerent power asserts that the war is a defensive one for that power.
fur manifestus
[Latin "manifest thief"] Roman law. A thief caught in the act of stealing.
furtum manifestum
[Latin "open theft"] Roman law. A theft in which the thief is caught in the act of theft. See IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO.
lex manifesta
[Law Latin] Hist. 1. Open law; manifest law. 2. Trial by duel or ordeal. - Also termed manifest law.
manifest constitutional error
An error by the trial court that has an identifiably negative impact on the trial to such a degree that the constitutional rights of a party are compromised. ( A manifest constitutional error can be reviewed by a court of appeals even if the appellant did not object at trial.
manifest error
See ERROR (2).
manifest injustice
An error in the trial court that is direct, obvious, and observable, such as a defendant's guilty plea that is involuntary or that is based on a plea agreement that the prosecution rescinds.
manifest intent
See INTENT (1).
manifest intent.
Intent that is apparent or obvious based on the available circumstantial evidence, even if direct evidence of intent is not available. ( For example, some fidelity bonds cover an employer's losses caused by an employee's dishonest or fraudulent acts committed with a manifest intent to cause a loss to the employer and to obtain a benefit for the employee. Establishing manifest intent sufficient to trigger coverage does not require direct evidence that the employee intended the employer's loss. Even if the employee did not actively want that result, but the result was substantially certain to follow from the employee's conduct, the requisite intent will be inferred.testamentary intent.
manifest law
See LEX MANIFESTA.
manifest necessity
Criminal procedure. A sudden and overwhelming emergency, beyond the court's and parties' control, that makes conducting a trial or reaching a fair result impossible and that therefore authorizes the granting of a mistrial. 0 The standard of manifest necessity must be met to preclude a defendant from successfully raising a plea of former jeopardy after a mistrial has been declared.
manifest weight of the evidence
A deferential standard of review under which a verdict will be reversed or disregarded only if another outcome is obviously correct and the verdict is clearly unsupported by the evidence. Cf. WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE.
manifest-disregard doctrine
The principle that an arbitration award will be vacated if the arbitrator knows the applicable law and deliberately chooses to disregard it, but will not be vacated for a mere error or misunderstanding of the law.
manifest-error-or-clearly-wrong rule
In some jurisdictions, the doctrine that an appellate court cannot set aside a trial court's finding of fact unless a review of the entire record reveals that the finding has no reasonable basis.
manifestation of intention
Wills & estates. The external expression of the testator's intention, as distinguished from an undisclosed intention. - Also termed manifestation of intent.
manifestation theory
Insurance. The doctrine that coverage for an injury or disease falls to the policy in effect when the symptoms of the covered injury or disease first appear. Cf. EXPOSURE THEORY; ACTUAL-INJURY TRIGGER; TRIPLE TRIGGER.
usura manifesta
[Latin] Manifest or open usury.