Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam receipt
see de arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam recepit.
Baratriam committit qui propter pecuniam justitiam baractat
A person is guilty of barratry who sells justice for money.
Creditorum appellatione non hi tantum accipiuntur qui pecuniam crediderunt, sed omnes quibus ex qualibet causa debetur
Under the name of creditors are included not only those who have lent money, but also all to whom a debt is owed from any cause.
Liberata pecunia non liberat offerentem
The return of money does not free the party presenting it (from liability).
Locus pro solutione reditus aut pecuniae secundum conditionem dimissionis aut obligationis est stricte observandus
The place for the payment of rent or money is to be strictly observed according to the condition of the lease or obligation.
Minima poena corporalis est major qualibet pecuniaria
The smallest bodily punishment is greater than any pecuniary one.
Nobiles magis plectuntur pecunia, plebes vero in corpore
The higher classes are more punished in money, but the lower in person.
Pecunia
n. [Latin] Hist. 1. Money. 2. Real or personal property.
Quaelibet poena corporalis, quamvis minima, major est qualibet poena pecuniaria
Every corporal punishment, although the very least, is greater than any pecuniary punishment.
Reprobata pecunia liberal solventem
Money refused releases the person paying (or offering payment).
Res per pecuniam aestimatur, et non pecunia per res
The value of a thing is estimated by its worth in money, and the value of money is not estimated by reference to things.
actio de pecunia constituta
An action on a promise to pay a preexisting debt.
de arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam receipt
n. [Law Latin "for the apprehension of one who took the king's money"] Hist. A writ ordering the arrest of a person who took the king's money for war service, and then hid to keep from serving.
exceptio non solutae pecuniae
A plea that the debt at issue in the suit was not discharged by payment (as the adverse party alleged), notwithstanding the existence of a receipt or acquittance reflecting payment.
exceptio pecuniae non numeratae
An exception or plea of money not paid; a defense by a party who was sued on a promise to repay money that was never received.
non solaendo pecuniam ad quam clericus mulctatur pro non-residentia
[Latin] Hist. A writ prohibiting an ordinary from taking a pecuniary mulct imposed on a clerk of the sovereign for nonresidence.
numerata pecunia
n. [Latin] Hist. Money counted or paid.
pactum constitutae pecuniae
[Latin "agreement for a fixed sum of money"] An agreement in which someone promises to payan existing debt of his own or another on a certain date.
pecunia constituta
[Latin "fixed sum of money"] Roman law. A debt reaffirmed by a promise to pay (i.e., a constitutum).
pecunia non numerata
[Latin] Roman law. Money not paid.
pecunia numerata
[Latin] Hist. Money numbered or counted out; money given to pay a debt.
pecunia trajectitia
[Latin "money conveyed overseas"] Roman law. Money loaned in connection with the transport of goods by ship. See NAUTICUM FENDS.
pecuniary
adj. Of or relating to money; monetary <a pecuniary interest in the lawsuit>.
pecuniary benefit
See BENEFIT.
pecuniary benefit.
A benefit capable of monetary valuation.
pecuniary bequest
See BEQUEST.
pecuniary cause
Eccles. law. A lawsuit maintainable in an ecclesiastical court to redress an injury relating to the church, such as a parishioner's failure to pay a tithe to a parson.
pecuniary damages
Damages that can be estimated and monetarily compensated. ( Although this phrase appears in many old cases, it is now widely considered a redundancy - since damages are always pecuniary.
pecuniary gain
See GAIN (1).
pecuniary legacy
A legacy of a sum of money.
pecuniary loss
A loss of money or of something having monetary value.