Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Parcel

ub. To divide and distribute (goods, land, etc.) <Alex parceled out the inheritance>.

bill of parcels.

See BILL (5)

bill of parcels. 1.

A seller's itemized list of goods and prices, intended to assist a buyer in detecting any mistakes or omissions in a shipment of goods. 2. INVOICE.

larger parcel

Eminent domain. A portion of land that is not a complete parcel, but is the greater part of an even bigger tract, entitling the owner both to damages for the parcel taken and for severance from the larger tract. ( To grant both kinds of damages, a court generally requires the owner to show unity of ownership, unity of use, and contiguity of the land. But some states and -the federal courts do not require contiguity when there is strong evidence of unity of use.