Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Citatio est de juri naturali
A summons is by natural right.
Est autem jus publicum et privatum quod ex naturalibus praeceptis aut gentium aut civilibus est collectum; et quod in jure scripto jus appellatur, id in lege Angliae rectum esse dicitur
Public and private law is that which is collected either from natural precepts of the (law of) nations or from civil precepts; and that which in the civil law is called jus is said in the law of England to be right. Co. 1Jtt. 558.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
A U.S. Department of Justice agency that administers the Immigration and Nationality Act and operates the U.S. Border Patrol. - Abbr. INS.
In pretio emptionis et venditionis naturaliter licet contrahentibus se circumvenire.
In setting the price for buying and selling, it is naturally allowed to the contracting parties to get the better of each other.
Jus naturale est quod spud homines eandem habet potentiam
Natural right is that which has the same force among (all) mankind.
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur
Liberty is the natural power of doing whatever one pleases, except what is prevented by law or force.
Ligeantia naturalis nullis claustris coercetur, nullis metis refraenatur, nullis finibus premitur
Natural allegiance is restrained by no barriers, curbed by no bounds, compressed by no limits.
Natural
n. 1. A person who is native to a place. See NATIVE; NATURAL-BORN CITIZEN. 2. A person or thing especially suited for a particular endeavor.
Natural Born Citizen Clause
The clause of the U.S. Constitution barring persons not born in the United States from the presidency. U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 5.
Naturale est quidlibet dissolvi eo modo quo ligatur
It is natural for a thing to be dissolved in the same way in which it is bound.
Naturalization
The granting of citizenship to a foreign-born person under statutory authority.
Naturalization Clause
The constitutional provision stating that every person born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen of the United States and of the state of residence. U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1. See JUS SOLI.
Naturalize
ub. To grant citizenship to (a foreign-born person) under statutory authority. -naturalization
Nihil tam conveniens est naturali aequitati quam unumquodque dissolvi eo ligamine quo ligatum est
Nothing is so consonant with natural equity as that each thing should be dissolved by the same means as it was bound.
Nihil tam conveniens est naturali aequitati quam voluntatem domini volentis rem suam in alium transferre ratam haberi
Nothing is more conformable to natural equity than to confirm the will of an owner who desires to transfer his property to another.
Nihil tam naturale est quam eo genere quidque dissolvere quo colligatum est
Nothing is so natural as that an obligation should be dissolved by the same principle by which it was contracted.
Nihil tam naturale est quam eo genere quidque dissolvere quo colligatum est, ideo verborum obligatio verbis tollitur; nudi consensus obligatio contrario consensu dissolvitur
Nothing is so natural as to dissolve anything in the way in which it was bound together; therefore the obligation of words is taken away by words; the obligation of mere consent is dissolved by the contrary consent.
Quod ad jus naturale attinet, omnes homines aequales sunt
All men are equal as far as natural law is concerned.
Quod attinet ad jus civile, servi pro nullis habentur, non tamen et jure naturali, quia, quod ad jus naturale attinet, omnes homines aequali sunt
So far as the civil law is concerned, slaves are not reckoned as nonentities, but not so by natural law, for so far as regards natural law, all men are equal.
Quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines constituit, vocatur jus gentium
What natural reason has established among all men is called the law of nations.
Quod nullius est id ratione naturali occupanti conceditur
What belongs to no one, by natural reason becomes property of the first occupant. Dig. 41.1.3.
Res nullius naturaliter fit primi occupantis
A thing that has no owner naturally belongs to the first taker.
declaration of a desire for a natural death
See LIVING WILL.
easement of natural support
See lateral support under SUPPORT.
fructus naturales
[Latin "natural fruits"] The natural produce of land or plants and the offspring of animals. ( Fructus naturales are considered part of the real property.
jus naturale
[Latin] See NATURAL LAW.
justitia naturalis
See natural justice under JUSTICE (1).
lex naturale
See NATURAL LAW.
mors naturalis
See natural death under DEATH.
natural affection
The love naturally existing between close relatives, such as parent and child. ( Natural affection may be valid consideration for a completed contract but insufficient to support an unperformed contract. See CONSIDERATION; executory contract under CONTRACT.
natural allegiance
See ALLEGIANCE.
natural and probable consequence
See NATURAL CONSEQUENCE.
natural boundary
Any nonartificial thing (such as a river or ocean) that forms a bound-ary of a nation, a political subdivision, or a piece of property. - Also termed natural object.
natural channel
See CHANNEL.
natural child
See CHILD.
natural cognation
See COGNATION.
natural consequence
Something that predictably occurs as the result of an act <plaintiff's injuries were the natural consequence of the car wreck>. - Also termed natural and probable consequence.
natural day
See DAY.
natural death
1. Bodily death, as opposed to civil death. 2. Death from causes other than accident or violence; death from natural causes. - Also termed mors naturalis. Cf. violent death. See NATURAL-DEATH ACT.
natural domicile
See domicile of origin.
natural duty
See moral duty under DUTY (1;
natural equity
See EQUITY (3).
natural father
See FATHER.
natural flood channel.
See CHANNEL.
natural fruit
Civil law. A product of the land or of animals, whether edible or otherwise useful. ( Examples are crops and eggs. See FRUCTUS NATURALES. 3. Something (such as evidence) obtained during an activity or operation <the fruit of the officer's search>. See FRUIT-OF-THE-POISONOUSTREE DOCTRINE.
natural guardian
See GUARDIAN.
natural guardian.
1. Hist. The eldest son's father, until the son turned 21. 2. In the absence of statute, the father of a legitimate child until the child reaches the age of 21. ( A father of illegitimate children may be appointed as their guardian upon the mother's death. 3. Most commonly and by statute, either the father or the mother of a minor child - each bearing the title simultaneously. ( If one parent dies, the other is the natural guardian.
natural heir
See HEIR.
natural infancy
At common law, the period ending at age seven, during which a child was presumed to be without criminal capacity.3. The beginning stages of anything.
natural justice
See JUSTICE (1).