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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Nonclaim

A person's failure to pursue a right within the legal time limit, resulting in that person's being barred from asserting the right. See STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. nonclaim statute See STATUTE.

covenant of nonclaim

A covenant barring a grantor or the grantor's heirs from claiming title in the conveyed land.

nonclaim statute

1. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 2. A law extinguishing. a claim that is not timely asserted, esp. in the context of another proceeding. ( An example is a statutory deadline for a creditor to file a claim in a probate proceeding.. Unlike a statute of limitations, most nonclaim statutes are not subject to tolling.