Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
In obscuris quod minimum est sequimur
In obscure cases, we follow what is least so.
Minimum
adj. Of, relating to, or constituting the smallest acceptable or possible quantity in a given case <minimum charge to a customer of a public utility>.
Minimum est nihilo proximum
The least next to nothing.
Optima est lex quae minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; optimus judex qui minimum sibi
It is the best law that leaves the least to the discretion of the judge; the best judge is he who leaves least to himself.
Optimam esse legem quae minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; id quod certitudo ejus praestat
The law is the best that leaves the least discretion to the judge; this advantage results from its certainty.
Optimus judex qui minimum sibi
He is the best judge who (leaves) the least to his own discretion.
Semper in obscuris quod minimum est sequimur
In obscure cases we always follow what is least obscure.
alternative minimum tax
A flat tax potentially imposed on corporations and higherincome individuals to ensure that those taxpayers do not avoid all income-tax liability by using exclusions, deductions, and credits. -Abbr. AMT. - Also termed minimum tax.
minimum contacts
A nonresident defendant's forum-state connections, such as business activity or actions foreseeably leading to business activity, that are substantial enough to bring the defendant within the forum-state court's personal jurisdiction without offending traditional notions of fair play and substantial Justice. International Shoe Co. u. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 66 S.Ct. 154 (1945). - Also termed minimal contacts.
minimum lot
A lot that has the least amount of square footage allowed by a local zoning law.
minimum sale
See EXHIBITION VALUE.
minimum scrutiny
See RATIONAL-BASIS TEST.
minimum sentence
The least amount of time that a defendant must serve in prison before becoming eligible for parole.
minimum tax
See alternative minimum tax.
minimum wage
The lowest permissible hourly rate of compensation for labor, as established by federal statute and required of employers engaged in interstate commerce. 29 USCA ยง 206.
minimum-fee schedule
Hist. A list of the lowest fees that a lawyer may charge, set by a state bar association. ( The courts held that minimum-fee schedules, now defunct, violated antitrust laws.
minimum-royalty clause
Patents. A royaltyagreement provision that prescribes a fixed payment by the licensee to the patent owner, regardless of whether the invention is used or not.