Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Argumentum a ma;jori ad minus negative non valet; valet a converso
An argument from the greater to the lesser is of no force in the negative; conversely (in the affirmative) it is valid.
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere
A person who has authority to do the more important act ought not to be debarred from doing what is of less importance.
Delinquens per Tram provocatus puniri debet minus
A wrongdoer provoked by anger ought to be punished less severely. 3 Co. Inst. 55.
Disseisinam satin facit qui uti non permittit possessorem, vel minus commode, licet omnino non expellat
A person commits disseisin if he does not permit the possessor to enjoy, or makes the possessor's enjoyment less useful, even if the disseisor does not expel the possessor altogether. Co. Litt. 331.
Dominus
n. [Latin "lord"] 1. Roman law. An owner of a thing or inheritance. 2. Roman law. The title of the emperor in the later empire. 3. Hist. A lord; a feudal superior, as in dominus rex ("the lord of the king"), dominus capitalis ("a chief lord"), dominus medius ("an intermediate lord"), and dominus ligius ("a liege lord"). 4. Hist. Eccles. law. Lord; sir. 0 This is a title of distinction usu. given to a knight, a clergyman, a lord of a manor, or another gentleman of quality. 5. Civil law. Someone who possesses something by right. Pl. domini.
Dominus capitalis loco haeredis habetur, quoties per defectum vel delictum extinguitur sanguis sui tenentis
The supreme lord takes the place of the heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime.
Dominus non maritabit pupillum nisi semel
A lord cannot give a ward in marriage but once.
Dominus rex nullum habere potest parem, multo minus superiorem
The king cannot have an equal, much less a superior.
In eo quod plus sit semper inest et minus.
The lesser is always included in the greater.
In re dubia benigniorem interpretationem sequi non minus justius est quam tutius
In a doubtful matter, to follow the more liberal interpretation is as much the more just as it is the safer course.
Juratores debent esse vicini, sufcientes et minus suspecti
Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient means and free from suspicion (literally, less suspected).
Latium minus
n. [Latin] Roman law. Certain limited rights conferred on colonies founded outside Italy. - Also termed minus Latium. Cf, LATIUM MAIUS.
Major continet in se minus
The greater includes the less.
Minus
[Latin] Roman law. Less; less than; not at all. ( A debt remaining wholly unpaid was called minus solutum
Minus solvit qui tardius solvit; nam et tempore minus solvitur
A person pays too little who pays too late; for, from the delay, the payment is less.
Mqjus dignum trahit ad se minus dignum
The more worthy draws to itself the less worthy.
Nemo ejusdem tenementi simul potest esse haeres et dominus
No one can be at the same time heir and lord of the same tenement.
Nemo potent esse tenens et dominus
No one can be at the same time tenant and landlord (of the same tenement).
Nemo potest esse dominus et haeres
No one can be both owner and heir.
Non debet cui plus licet quod minus est non licere
A person who is permitted to do the greater thing ought not to be forbidden to do the lesser.
Omne magis dignum trahit ad se minus dignum, quamvis minus dignum sit antiquius
Every worthier thing draws to it t lic~ less worth v, even if the less worthv is rnwancient.
Omne majus continet in se minus
Every greater thing contains in itself the less.
Omne mofjus dignum continet in se minus dignum
Every more worthy thing contains in itself the less worthy.
Omne mqjus minus in se complectitur
Every greater thing embraces in itself the lesser.
Quando licit id quod majus, videtur licere id quod minus
When the greater is allowed, the lesser is considered to be allowed also.
Qui facit id quod plus est, facit id quod minus est, sed non convertitur
A person who does that which is more does that which is less, but not vice versa.
Qui tardius solvit minus solvit
A person who pays too late pays less (than he ought).
Quod minus est in obligationem videtur deductum
That which is the lesser is held to be imported into the contract.
Si quidem in nomine, cognomine, praenomine, agnomine legatarii testator erraverit, cum de persona constat, nihilominus valet legatum
If the testator has erred in the name, cognomen, praenomen, or title of the legatee, when there is certainty about the person, the legacy is nonetheless valid.
Terminus annorum certus debet esse et determinatus
A term of years ought to be certain and definite (with a fixed end).
Terminus et (ac) feodum non possunt constare simul in una eademque persona
Term and fee cannot both be vested in one and the same person at the same time.
capitalis dominus
[Latin "chief lord"] Hist. A tenant's immediate lord; CHIEF LORD.
de capitalibus dominus feodi
[Law Latin] Hist. From the highest lord of the fee. ( This term was primarily used in old charters to state that the tenure of an estate was to be held of the chief lord of the fee, rather than of the immediate grantor.
dominus litis
n. [Latin] 1. Civil law. The party who makes the decisions in a lawsuit, usu. as distinguished from the attorney. 2. Maritime law. A third person who represents an absent party in a case. - Also termed litis dominium.
dominus navis
n. [Latin] Civil law. The absolute owner of a shipping vessel.
minus Latium.
See LATIUM MINUS.
non terminus
n. [Law Latin "not the end"] Hist. The vacation between two terms of a court. ( In England, it was also called "the time of days of the king's peace." -Also termed nonterm; non term.
quominus
[Latin quo minus "by which the less"] Hist. A 14th-century Exchequer writ alleging that the plaintiff had lent the defendant a sum of money and that the plaintiff was unable to repay a debt of similar amount to the Crown because of the debt to the defendant. ( In effect, the plaintiff pleaded the fiction that he was a debtor of the king who could not repay that debt because of the defendant's failure to repay him. - Also termed writ of quominus.
vice-dominus episcopi
. 1. A vicar general. 2. A commissary of a bishop.
writ of quominus
See QUOMINUS.