Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Notorious
adj. 1. Generally known and spoken of. 2. (Of the possession of property) so conspicuous as to impute notice to the true owner. -Also termed (in sense 2) open and notorious. See ADVERSE POSSESSION.
common and notorious thief
See common thief under THIEF.
notorious cohabitation
See COHABITATION.
notorious insolvency
Scots law. A bankruptcy; the stage of insolvency in which the debtor has publicly acknowledged insolvency under the statute. ( This stage is usu. followed by sequestration, which is notorious insolvency coupled with the appointment of a trustee for creditors. - Also termed notour bankruptcy "Bankruptcy, according to the law of Scotland, is public or notorious insolvency. When a debtor in an obligation cannot fulfil his obligation as undertaken a position which constitutes insolvency - and makes public acknowledgment, in manner determined by statute, of his inability, the status or condition of bankruptcy has arisen, and the insolvent debtor is, in the language of the statutes, a 'notour' bankrupt .The law of notour bankruptcy is mainly statutory. Legislation has fixed the circumstances which constitute the status, and determined all the most important results." George Watson, Bell's Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland 78 (3d ed. 1882).
notorious possession
Possession or control that is evident to others; possession of property that, because it is generally known by people in the area where the property is located, gives rise to a presumption that the actual owner has notice of it. ( Notorious possession is one element of adverse possession. - Also termed open possession; open rind notorious possession. See ADVERSE POSSESSION.
open and notorious adultery
archaic. an offense in which the parties reside together publicly, as if conjugal relations existed between them, and the community is generally aware of the living arrangement and the fact that the couple is not married.
open and notorious possession
See notorious possession under POSSESSION.
open and notorious.
1. NOTORIOUS (2). 2. (Of adultery) known and recognized by the public and flouting the accepted standards of morality in the community. open and notorious adultery. See ADULTERY.
public, true, and notorious
Hist. Eccles. law. The concluding words of each allegation in a court petition.