Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Confirmare est id quod prius infzrmum fuit simul firmare
To confirm is to make firm at once what before was not firm.
Confirmare nemo potest priusquam jus ei acciderit
No one can confirm before the right accrues to him.
Consolato del Mare
[Italian "consolate of the sea"] Hist. Maritime law. An influential collection of European maritime customs, referred to by commercial judges (consuls) in ports of the kingdom of Aragon and other Mediterranean maritime towns. ( The Consolato del Mare was published in Barcelona in the 15th century and soon became one of the leading maritime codes of Europe.
Inchmaree clause
(often cap.) Maritime law. An insurance-policy provision that protects against risks not caused by nature, such as a sailor's negligence or a latent defect in machinery. 0 This term is taken from a British ship, the Inchmaree, whose sinking in 1884 gave rise to litigation that led to the clause bearing its name."The most celebrated decision of recent times under the 'general' clause was doubtless Thames & Mersey Marine Ins. Co. v. Hamilton, Fraser & Co., 12 App.Cas. 484 (1887). A pump, insured as part of the machinery of a vessel, clogged through valve failure and was damaged. The House of Lords held this accident arose neither through a 'peril of the sea' nor through a cause ejusdem generis with the enumerated perils .... This was a disquieting decision, for it more than suggested that many costly accidents that might be suffered by the expensive
Mare
n. Hist. [Latin] The sea. See SEA.
Marescallus
n. [Law Latin] 1. A marshal; a high royal officer. - Also termed mareschal. 2. A master of the stables. 3. A military officer, similar to a constable, who acted as quartermaster. 4. An officer of the Court of Exchequer. 5. A state officer. 6. An officer of a manor.
Marettum
n. [fr. Latin mare "the sea" + tegere "to cover"] Hist. Marshy ground flooded by the sea.
Nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se
No one is bound to arm his adversary against himself.
Nemo tenetur informare qui nescit sed quisquis scire quod informat
No one who is ignorant of a thing is bound to give information of it, but everyone is bound to know what he gives information of.
altum mare
n. [law latin] hist. the high seas; the deep seas.
mare clausum
[Latin "closed sea"] A sea or other body of navigable water that is under the jurisdiction of a particular nation and is closed to other nations.
mare liberum
[Latin "free sea"] 1. A sea or other body of navigable water that is open to all nations. 2. FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
namare
, ub. [Law Latin] Hist. To distrain property.
quiete clamare
ub. [Law Latin] Hist. To quitclaim or renounce all pretensions of right and title.
super altum mare
[Latin] On the high sea.
ultra mare
[Latin] See BEYOND SEAS.