Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Nominate

vb. 1. To propose (a person) for election or appointment <Steven nominated Jane for president >. 2. To name or designate (a person) for a position <the testator nominated an executor, who later withdrew because he couldn't perform his duties>.

innominate

adj. Civil law. Unclassified; having no special name or designation. See innominate contract under CONTRACT.

innominate contract

Civil law. A contract not classifiable under any particular name; a contract for which the law supplies nothing in addition to the express agreement of the parties. - Also termed innominate real contract. Cf. nominate contract.

innominate contract.

See CONTRACT.

innominate obligations

Obligations having no specific classification or name because they are not strictly contractual, delictual, or quasi-contractual. ( An example is the obligation of a trustee to a beneficiary. - Also termed obligationes innominati.

innominate real contract

See innominate contract under CONTRACT.

nominate contract

See CONTRACT.