Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Clerk of the Parliaments
The principal permanent official of the House of Lords, responsible for the House's minutes and documents, and for advising the members on procedure.
Curia parliamenti suis propriis legibus subsistit
The court of parliament is governed by its own laws.
Lex Angliae nunquam sine parliamento mutari potest
The law of England can never be changed without (act of) parliament.
Long Parliament
Hist. 1. The English Parliament of Charles I meeting between 1640 and 1653, dissolved by Oliver Cromwell in 1653, then recalled and finally dissolved in 1660. 2. The English Parliament that met between 1661 and 1678, after the restoration of the monar- chy. a This Parliament is sometimes called the "Long Parliament of Charles II" to distinguish it from that of sense 1.
Lord of Parliament
A member of the House of Lords.
Mad Parliament
Hist. A commission of 24 men summoned to Oxford in 1258 by Henry III and his barons to carry out certain reforms and settle differences between the king and the barons. ( The assembly was called the Mad Parliament because of the character and violence of the proceedings. The commission produced the Provisions of Oxford. - Also termed parliamentum insanum. See PROVISIONS OF OXFORD.
Modus Tenendi Parliamentum
[Law Latin "the manner of holding Parliament"] Hist. A 14thcentury writing on the powers of Parliament, translated in the 17th century and edited by T.D. Hardy in 1846.
Parliament
The supreme legislative body of some nations; esp. (cap.), in the United Mngdom, the national legislature consisting of the monarch, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
Parliamentary divorce
A divorce decreed by Parliament or a legislative act, as opposed to a court. - Also termed legislative divorce.
Teller in Parliament
One of the members of the British House of Commons - two from government and two from the opposition -appointed by the Speaker to count votes. teller's check See CHECK.
act of Parliament of Scotland.
1. A law passed by the Parliament of Scotland between its creation about the 17th century and 1707. 2. A law passed (from 1999 onward) by the new Parliament of Scotland created by the Scotland Act of 1998.
act of Parliament.
A law made by the British sovereign, with the advice and consent of the lords and the commons; a British statute.
custodes libertatis angliae auctoritate parliamenti
[Latin] Hist. Guardians of the liberty of England by the authority of Parliament. 0 The style of all writs and judicial process that issued during the period between the execution of Charles I (January 1649) and the proclamation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector (December 1653).
lex et consuetudo parliamenti
n. [Latin] Hist. The law and custom (or usage) of Parliament.
member of Parliament
A person with the right to sit in one of the two houses of Parliament. - Abbr. MP.
nether house of Parliament
Hist. The lower house of Parliament; the English House of Commons. ( This name was given to the House of Commons at the time of Henry VIII. net income See INCOME.
parliamentary diplomacy
See DIPLOMACY.
parliamentary divorce
See DIVORCE.
parliamentary intent.
See LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
parliamentary law
The body of rules and precedents governing the proceedings of legislative and deliberative assemblies.
parliamentary privilege
The right of a particular question, motion, or statement to take precedence over all other business before the legislative body.
parliamentum insanum
See MAD PARLIAMENT.