Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Immovable
adj. See FIXTURE. Cf. MOVABLE."Considered in its legal aspect, an immovable, that is to say, a piece of land, includes the following elements: - 1. A determinate portion of the earth's surface. 2. The ground beneath the surface down to the centre of the world. All the pieces of land in England meet together in one terminable point at the earth's centre. 3. Possibly the column of space above the surface ad infinitum." John Salmond, Jurisprudence 428 (Glanville L. Williams ed., 10th ed. 1947).
Movable
n. (usu. pl.) 1. Property that can be moved or displaced, such as personal goods. "Movables and immovables. The main distinction drawn in later Roman law and modern systems based thereon between kinds of things subject to ownership and possession. While basically the distinction corresponds to everyday conceptions, assigning animals and vehicles to the former and land and buildings to the latter category, particular things may be assigned to one category rather than the other for reasons of convenience. Thus, in French law, farm implements and animals are immovables. The distinction is also important in international private law, more so than that between real and personal ... Thus, land held on lease is personal property by English law for historical reason, but in international private law it is a right in immovable property." David M. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 858 (1980).
immovable
n. (usu. pl.) Property that cannot be moved; an object so firmly attached to land that it is regarded as part of the land.
intangible movable
A physical thing that can be moved but that cannot be touched in the usual sense. ( Examples are light and electricity.
movable estate
See personal property under PROPERTY.
movable freehold
The land a seashore owner acquires or loses as water recedes or approaches.
movable property
See MOVABLE.
nonremovable inmate
An otherwise deportable alien who cannot be deported because the United States does not maintain diplomatic ties with the alien's country of origin. - Also termed indefinite detainee; lifer.