Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Objective
adj. 1. Of, relating to, or based on externally verifiable phenomena, as opposed to an individual's perceptions, feelings, or intentions <the objective facts>. 2. Without bias or prejudice; disinterested <because her son was involved, she felt she could not be objective>. Cf. SUBJECTIVE.
military objective.
Int'l law. An object that by its nature, location, or use contributes to military action, and is thus susceptible to attack. ( Under Geneva Convention Protocol 1 (1977), only military - rather than civilian - objects are proper targets.
objective ethics
See MORAL ABSOLUTISM.
objective meaning
See MEANING.
objective novation
See NOVATION.
objective standard
A legal standard that is based on conduct and perceptions external to a particular person. ( In tort law, for example, the reasonable-person standard is considered an objective standard because it does not require a determination of what the defendant was thinking.
objective theory of contract
The doctrine that a contract is not an agreement in the sense of a subjective meeting of the minds but is instead a series of external acts giving the objective semblance of agreement. - Often shortened to objective theory. Cf. SUBJECTIVE THEORY OF CONTRACT; MEETING OF THE MINDS.