Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Actionum genera maxime sunt servanda
The kinds of actions are especially to be preserved.
Avunculus maximus
see aba vunculus.
Conditiones quaelibet odiosae; maxime autem contra matrimonium et commercium
Any conditions are odious, but especially those against matrimony and commerce.
Emptor emit quam minimo potest; venditor vendit quam maximo potest
The buyer buys for as little as possible; the vendor sells for as much as possible.
Imperitia est maxima mechanicorum poena.
Unskillfulness is the greatest punishment of mechanics (i.e., from its effect in making them liable to those by whom they are employed).
In ambiguis orationibus maxime sententia spectanda est ejus qui eas protulisset
In ambiguous expressions, the opinion (or meaning) of the person who made them is chiefly to be regarded.
In maxima potentia minima licentia
In the greatest power there is the least license.
In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen injure, aequitas spectanda sit
In all affairs indeed, but especially in those that concern the administration of justice, equity should be regarded.
In republics maxime conservanda sunt jura belli
The laws of war must be especially preserved in the state.
Litus est quousque maximus fluctus a mari pervenit
The shore is where the highest wave from the sea has reached.
Maihemium est inter crimina majora mini. mum, et inter minora maximum
Mayhem is the least of great crimes, and the greatest among small.
Maxim
A traditional legal principle that has been frozen into a concise expression. ( Examples are "possession is nine-tenths of the law" and caveat emptor ("let the buyer beware"). - Also termed legal maxim.
Maxime ita dicta quia maxima est ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas, atque quod maxime omnibus probetur
A maxim is so called because its dignity is chiefest and its authority is the most certain, and because it is most approved by all.
Maxime paci sunt contraria vis et injuria
The greatest enemies to peace are force and wrong.
Maximus erroris populus magister
The people are the greatest master of error.
Naturae vis maxima; natura bis maxima
The force of nature is greatest; (and, as some say,) nature is doubly greatest. 2 Co. Inst. 564.
Nemo praesumitur esse immemor suae aeternae salutatis, et maxime in articulo mortis
No one is presumed to be forgetful of his eternal welfare, and especially at the point of death.
Verba relata hoc maxime operantur per referentiam ut in eis inesse videntur
Words to which reference is made have, by the reference, this particular effect, that they are considered to be incorporated in those (clauses).( Words to which reference is made in an instrument have the same effect and operation as if they went inserted in the clause referring to them.
Wealth maximization
An economic situation in which a change in the allocation of resources benefits the winner - i.e., the one who gains from the allocation - more than it harms the loser -- Also termed Kaldor-Hicks efficiency; potential pareto, ,superiority.
legal maxim
See MAxiM,
matertera maxima
n. [Latin] Roman law. A greatest aunt; the sister of one's great-great-grandmother. - Also termed abmatertera.
maximalist retributivism
The classical form of retributivism, espoused by scholars such as Immanuel Kant, under which it is argued that society has a duty, not just a right, to punish a criminal who is guilty and culpable, that is, someone who has no justification or excuse for the illegal act.
maximum cure
Maritime law. The point at which a seaman who is injured or sick has stabilized, and no additional medical treatment will improve the seaman's condition. ( A shipowner's obligation to provide maintenance and cure to a sick or injured seaman usu. continues until the seaman has reached maximum cure. See MAINTENANCE AND CURE.
maximum medical improvement
The point at which an injured person's condition stabilizes, and no further recovery or improvement is expected, even with additional medical intervention. ( This term is most often used in the context of a workers'-compensation claim. An injured employee usu. receives temporary benefits until reaching maximum medical improvement, at which time a determination can be made about any permanent disability the employee has suffered and any corresponding benefits the employee should receive. - Abbr. MMI.
maximum sentence
The highest level of punishment provided by law for a particular crime.
patruus maximus
See ABPATRUUS.