Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Misappropriation
n. The application of another's property or money dishonestly to one's own use. - misappropriate, vb. See EMBEZZLEMENT. Cf. APPROPRIATION; EXPROPRIATION.
misappropriation theory
Securities. The doctrine that a person who wrongfully uses confidential information to buy or sell securities in violation of a duty owed to the one who is the information source is guilty of securities fraud.