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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Mover

, n. Slang. A stock that experiences spectacular market price changes; a very unstable stock.

Quieta non movere

Not to disturb what is settled.

Stare decisis et non quieta movere

Literally, to stand by previous decisions and not to disturb settled matters.( To adhere to precedents, and not to depart from established principles.

non quieta movere

n. [Latin "not to disturb what is settled"] Stare decisis. ( Non quieta movere expresses the same principle as stare decisis. It is part of the longer phrase stare decisis et non quieta movere ("to adhere to precedents, and not to unsettle things that are established"). See STARE DECISIS.

quieta non movere

[Latin] Not to unsettle things that are established. See STARE DECISIS.

stare decisis et non quieta movere

[Latin] To stand by things decided, and not to disturb settled points. See STARE DECISIS.