Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Cum de lucro duorum quaeritur melior est causa possidentis
When there is a question of gain between two people, the cause of the, possessor is the better.
Cum par delictum est duorum, semper oneratur petitor, et melior habetur possessoris causa
Where two parties are equally at fault, the claimant always is at the disadvantage, and the party in possession has the better cause.
Custos statum haeredis in custodia existentis meliorem, non deteriorem, facere potest
A guardian can make the estate of an heir living under his guardianship better, not worse
Ecclesia fungitur vice minoris; meliorem conditionem suam facere potest, deteriorem nequaquam
The church enjoys the privilege of a minor; it can make its own condition better but not worse.
IN semper debet fieri triatio ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
A trial should always be held where the jurors can have the best information.
In aequali jure melior est conditio possidentis.
When the parties have equal rights, the condition of the possessor is the better.
In pari delicto melior est conditio possidentis
When both parties are equally at fault, the position of the possessor is the better.
Melior
adj. [Latin] Better; the better, as in melior res ("the better thing or chattel").
Melior est causa possidentis
The cause of the possessor is preferable.
Melior est conditio defendentis
The condition of the defendant is the better.
Melior est conditio possidentis et rei quam actoris
Better is the condition of the possessor, and that of the defendant (is better) than that of the plaintiff.
Melior est conditio possidentis, ubi neuter jus habet
Better is the condition of the possessor where neither of the two has the right.
Melior est justitia vere praeveniens quam severe puniens
Justice that truly prevents a crime is better than that which severely punishes it.
Meliorations
1. Scots law. Improvements - other than repairs - on an estate. 2. Lasting improvements.
Meliorem conditionem suam facere potest minor, deteriorem nequaquam
A minor can improve or make his condition better, but in no way worse.
Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam conditionem facere potest
No one can improve his condition by his own wrong.
Non debeo melioris conditionis esse quam auctor meus a quo jus in me transit
I ought not to be in better condition than the person to whose rights I succeed.
Nullius hominis auctoritas apud nos valere debet, ut meliora non sequeremur si quis attulerit
The authority of no person ought to have (such) power among us that we should not follow better (opinions) if anyone presents them.
Quum de lucro duorum quaeratur, melior est conditio possidentis
When there is a question of gain (to one) of two parties, the condition of the possessor is the better.
Si meliores sunt quos ducit amor, plures sunt quos corrigit timor
If the better are those whom love leads, the greater number are those whom fear corrects.
Sic enim debere quem meliorem agrum suum facere, ne vicini deteriorem faciat
Everyone ought so to improve his land as not to injure his neighbor's.
Triatio ibi semper debet fieri ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
Trial ought always to be held where the jurors can have the better information.
ameliorate
ub. 1. to make better <the charity tries to ameliorate the conditions of the homeless>. 2. to become better <with time, the situation ameliorated>. ameliorating waste see waste (1).
ameliorating waste
A lessee's unauthorized change to the physical character of a lessor's property - technically constituting waste, but in fact resulting in improvement of the property. ( Generally, equity will not enjoin such waste. - Also termed ameliorative waste.
amelioration
n. 1. the act of improving something; the state of being made better 2, at improvement. - ameliorative,
ameliorative waste-
see ameliorating waste under waste (1
de melioribus damnis
[Law Latin] Of the better damages. ( This term describes a plaintiff's election of the defendant against which to take judgment when the jury has mistakenly awarded separate damages against two or more defendants for a joint tort. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff could take a judgment against the defendant that had been assessed the greatest damages, and then enter a nolle prosequi against the others. demented, adj. Not of sound mind; insane.
melioribus damnis
See DE MELIORIBUS DAMNIS.