Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Argumentum ab inconaenienti
[latin] an argument from inconvenience; an argument that emphasizes the harmful consequences of failing to follow the position advocated.
Argumentum ab inconvenienti plurimum valet in lege
An argument drawn from what is unsuitable (or improper) has the greatest validity in law. Co. Litt. 66a.
Lenient
adj. Tolerant; mild; merciful <lenient sentence>.
Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis, tamen potest fieri declaratio praecedens quae sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu
Even if the grant of a future interest is inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made that may take effect, provided a new act intervenes.
Nient
[Law French] Not; nothing.
ab inconvenienti
[Law Latin] From hardship or inconvenience. See argumentum ab inconvenienti under ARGUMENTUM.
aniente
adj. [law french] (of a law, etc.) having no force or effect; void. - also spelled anient. - also termed aniens. animo (an-a-moh). [latin] see animus (2).
inconvenient forum
See FORUM NON CONVENIENS.
lenient test
The principle that the attorneyclient privilege applicable to a document will be waived only by a knowing or intentional disclosure, and will not usu. be waived by an inadvertent disclosure. Cf. strict test; Hydraflow test.
nient culpable
n. [Law French] Hist. A general plea of "not guilty" in a tort or criminal action. "When the prisoner hath thus pleaded not guilty, non culpabilis, or nient culpable; which was formerly used to be abbreviated upon the minutes, thus, 'non (or nient) cul.' the clerk of the assise, or clerk of the arraigns, on behalf of the crown replies, that the prisoner is guilty, and that he is ready to prove him so." 4 William Blackatone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 333 (1769).
nient dedire
vb. [Law French] Hist. To deny nothing; to be subject to a default judgment.
nient le fait
[Law French] Hist. Not the deed. ( This term was the earlier version of non est factum. See NON EST FACTUM.
nient seisi
n. [Law French "not seised"] Hist. The general denial in a writ to recover an annuity.
primo uenienti
[Latin] To the one first coming. ( This refers to the former practice by estate executors of paying debts as they were presented without regard to whether the estate had enough assets to pay all the debts.