Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Conditiones quaelibet odiosae; maxime autem contra matrimonium et commercium
Any conditions are odious, but especially those against matrimony and commerce.
Consensus, non concubitus, facit matrimonium.
Consent, not coition (or sharing a bed), constitutes marriage.
Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit, quia consensu opus est
Insanity prevents marriage from being contracted, because consent is needed.
Matrimonium
n. [Latin] Roman law. Marriage. - Also termed nuptiae (nap-shee-ee).
Matrimonium subsequens tollit peccatum praecedens
A subsequent marriage removes preceding fault.
Nullum matrimonium, ibi nulla dos
No marriage, there no dower.
Sententia contra matrimonium nunquam transit in rem judicatam
A sentence against marriage never becomes a final judgment (i.e., res judicata).
Ubi matrimonium, ibi dos
Where there is marriage, there is dower.
bona gratia matrimonium dissolvitur
[Law Latin "the marriage is dissolved with good grace"] Hist. A consensual divorce.
legitimatio per subsequens matrimonium
n. [Latin] The legitimation of a child born outside wedlock by the later marriage of the parents.
semi-matrimonium
n. [Latin] A half-marriage.