Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Abmatertera
[Latin] Civil law. A great-great-great aunt. See MATERTERA MAXIMA.
Atmatertera
n. [latin] civil law. A great-great-great-grandmother's sister. - also termed abmatertera magna (abmay-tar-tar-a mug-na).
Automated transaction
a contract formed or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means or by electronic messages in which either party's electronic actions or messages establishing the contract are not intended to be reviewed in the ordinary course by an individual. Ucc § 2a-102(a)(3).
Brady material
Information or evidence that is favorable to a criminal defendant's case and that the prosecution has a duty to disclose. The prosecution's withholding of such information violates the defendant's due-process rights. Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194 (1963). Cf. JENCKS MATERIAL.
Causa et origo est materia negotii
The cause and origin of a matter are the substance of it. ( "The law regards the original act": as in the case of a man who attempts suicide in madness, but dies after regaining sanity; such is not suicide. 1 Coke 99.
Consummate
vb. 1. To bring to completion; esp., to make (a marriage) complete by sexual intercourse. 2. To achieve; fulfill. 3. To perfect; carry to the highest degree.
Ex tota materia emergat resolutio
The construction or explanation should arise out of the whole subject matter.
Ideclaration of estimated tax
A required IRS filing by certain individuals and businesses of current estimated tax owed, accompanied by periodic payments of that amount. 0 The requirement ensures current collection of taxes from taxpayers (such as self-employed persons) whose incomes are not fully taxed by payroll withholding. IRC (26 USCA) §§ 6315, 6654.
Illegitimate
adj. 1. (Of a child) born out of wedlock <illegitimate son>. 2. Against the law; unlawful <illegitimate contract for the sale of contraband>. 3. Improper <illegitimate conduct. 4. Incorrectly inferred <illegitimate conclusion>.
Immaterial
adj. (Of evidence) tending to prove some fact that is not properly at issue; lacking any logical connection with the consequential facts. - immateriality, n. Cf. IRRELEVANT. "The rules of substantive law and of pleading are what determine immateriality; and if the probandum is immaterial, of course no evidence to prove it is wanted." John H. Wigmore, A Students' Textbook of the Law of Evidence 37 (1935).
Immaterial averment
an averment that alleges something in needless detail; a statement that goes far beyond what is in issue. ( this type of averment may be ordered struck from the pleading.
Inmate
1. A person confined in a prison, hospital, or other institution. 2. Archaic. A person living inside a place; one who lives with others in a dwelling.
Jencks material
Criminal procedure. A prosecution witness's written or recorded pretrial statement that a criminal defendant, upon filing a motion after the witness has testified, is entitled to have in preparing to cross-examine the witness. 9 The defense may use a statement of this kind solely for impeachment purposes. Jencks v. United States, 353 U.S. 657, 77 S.Ct. 1007 (1957); Jencks Act, 18 USCA § 3500. Cf. BRADY MATERIAL.
Legitimate
adj. 1. Complying with the law; lawful <a legitimate business>. 2. Born of legally married parents <a legitimate child>. 3. Genuine; valid <a legitimate complaint>. -legitimacy, n.
Librorum appellatione continentur omnia volumina, sive in charta, sive in membrana sint, sive in quavis alia material
Under the name of books are contained all volumes, whether upon paper, or on parchment, or on any other material.
Mate
1. A spouse. 2. A second-in-command officer on a merchant vessel. 3. A petty officer who assists a warrant officer. 4. A friend or companion.
Materfamilias
n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. The wife of a paterfamilias, or the mistress of a family. 2. A respectable woman of a household, either married or single.
Material
adj. 1. Of or relating to matter; physical <material goods>. 2. Having some logical connection with the consequential facts <material evidence>. 3. Of such a nature that knowledge of the item would affect a person's decision-making process; significant; essential <material alteration of the document>. - materiality, n. Cf. RELEVANT. material allegation See ALLEGATION.
Materialman
A person who supplies materials used in constructing or repairing a structure or vehicle.
Maternal
adj. Of, relating to, or coming from one's mother <maternal property>. Cf. PATERNAL.
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system
A computerized system for recording transactions and displaying price quotations for a group of actively traded securities on the over-the-counter market. - Abbr. NASDAQ.
Non valebit felonis generatio nee ad haereditatem paternam vel maternam; si autem ante feloniam generationem- fecerit, talis generatio succedit in haereditate patris vel matris a quo non fuerit feloni
The offspring of a felon cannot succeed either to a maternal or paternal inheritance; but if the felon had offspring before the felony, the offspring may succeed to the inheritance of the father or mother by whom no felony was committed.
Primate
A chief ecclesiastic; an archbishop or bishop having jurisdiction over other bishops within a province.
Promatertera
[Latin] Roman & civil law. A great-great-aunt; the sister of one's great-grandmother.
Proximate
adj. 1. Immediately before or after. 2. Very near or close in time.
Pueri sunt de sanguine parentum, sed pester et mater non sunt de sanguine puerorum
Children are of the blood of their parents, but the father and mother are not of the blood of their children.
Sensus verborum ex causa dicendi accipiendus est, et sermones semper accipiendi sunt secundum subjectam materiam
The sense of words is to be taken from the occasion of speaking them, and discourses are always to be interpreted according to the subject matter.
Verba accipienda runt secundum subjectam materiam
Words are to be interpreted according to the subject matter.
Verba in differenti materia per prius, non. per posterius, intelligenda sunt
Words referring to a different subject are to be understood by what goes before, not by what follows.
Verba pro re et subjecta materia accipi debent
Words should be taken most in favor of the thing and the subject matter.
Verba secundum materiam subjectam intelligi nemo est qui nescit
There is no one who does not know that words should be understood according to the subject matter.
consummate dower
A wife's interest in her deceased husband's estate until that interest is legally assigned to her.
consummate lien
A judgment lien arising after the denial of a motion for a new trial. Cf. inchoate lien.
direct and proximate cause
See proximate cause.
efficient proximate cause
See proximate !use under CAUSE (1).
efficient proximate cause.
See proximate cause
estimated damages
See liquidated damages.
estimated tax
A tax paid quarterly by a taxpayer not subject to withholding (such as a self-employed person) based on either the previous year's tax liability or an estimate of the current year's tax liability.
estimated useful life
See USEFUL LIFE.
ex parte materna
[Latin] On the mother's side; of the maternal line.
fact material to risk
Insurance. A fact that may increase the risk and that, if disclosed, might induce the insurer either to decline to insure or to require a higher premium. foundational fact See predicate fact.
feudum maternum
Hist. A feud that descended to the feudatory from the maternal side.
genuine issue of material fact
Civil procedure. In the law of summary judgments, a triable, substantial, or real question of fact supported by substantial evidence. ( An issue of this kind precludes entry of summary judgment.
illegitimate child
A child that was neither born nor begotten in lawful wedlock nor later legitimized. ( At common law, such a child was considered the child of nobody (nullius falius) and had no name except what was gained by reputation. Being no one's child, an illegitimate child could not inherit, even from the mother, but statutes in most states changed this rule to allow maternal inheritance. - Also termed bastard; child out of wedlock; nonmarital child. Cf. BASTARD.
immaterial averment
See AVERMENT.
immaterial breach
See partial breach under BREACH OF CONTRACT.
immaterial evidence
1. Evidence lacking in probative value. 2. Evidence offered to prove a matter that is not in issue.
immaterial fact
See FACT.
immaterial issue
An issue not necessary to decide the point of law.
immaterial variance
See VARIANCE (1).