Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Examining authority
a self-regulatory organization registered with the securities and exchange commission and vested with the authority to examine, inspect, and otherwise oversee the activities of a registered broker or dealer. 4. A legal writing taken as definitive or decisive; esp., a judicial or administrative decision cited as a precedent <that case is good authority in massachusetts>. ( the term includes not only the decisions of tribunals but also statutes, ordinances, and administrative rulings.
Mining
The process of extracting ore or minerals from the ground; the working of a mine. ( This term also encompasses oil and gas drilling.
alluvial mining
the practice of removing sand and gravel from a riverbed.
cost-book mining company
An association of persons organized for the purpose of working mines or lodes, whose capital stock is divided into shares that are transferable without the consent of other members. ( The management of the mine is entrusted to an agent called a purser.
examining authority
See AUTHORITY (3)
examining board
An appointed group of public officials responsible for conducting the tests required by those applying for occupational and professional licenses. - Also termed board of examiners.
examining court
A lower court (usu. presided over by a magistrate) that determines probable cause and sets bail at a preliminary hearing in a criminal case.
examining trial
See PRELIMINARY HEARING
mining claim
A parcel of land that contains precious metal in its soil or rock and that is appropriated by a person according to established rules and customs known as the process of location. See LOCATION (4).
mining lease
A lease of a mine or mining claim, in which the lessee has the right to work the mine or claim, usu. with conditions on the amount and type of work to be done. ( The lessor is compensated in the form of either fixed rent or royalties based on the amount of ore mined.
mining location
See LOCATION (4), (5).
mining partnership
An association of persons to jointly share a mining business, including the profits, expenses, and losses. ( The partnership has features of both a tenancy in common and an ordinary commercial partnership. "It has generally been held that the law governing ordinary commercial or trading partnerships applies, with a few exceptions, to mining partnerships. The principal exception and the main distinction between mining partnerships and commercial partnerships generally is based on the fact that the principle of delectus personae, meaning the right of a partner to exercise choice and preference as to the admission of any new members to the firm, and as to the persons to be so admitted, does not apply to mining partnerships . ..." 58 C.J.S. Mines and Minerals ยง 387, at 380 (1998).
mining rent
Consideration given for a mining lease, whether the lease creates a tenancy, conveys a fee, or grants a mere license or incorporeal right.
seti. Mining law
A lease.