Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Oust

vb. To put out of possession; to deprive of a right or inheritance.

judgment respondeat ouster

See JUDGMENT.

ouster le main

. [Law French "remove the hand"] Hist. 1. A delivery of land out of the monarch's hands because the monarch has no right or title to hold it. 2. A judgment or writ granting such a delivery. 3. A delivery of land from a guardian to a ward once the ward attains legal age. - Also written ouster-le-main.

ouster.

1. The wrongful dispossession or exclusion of someone (esp. a cotenant) from property (esp. real property). 2. The removal of a public or corporate officer from office. Cf. E.IECTMENT.

respondeat ouster

[Latin "let him make further answer"] A judgment or order that a party who made a dilatory plea that has been denied must now plead on the merits.