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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Perduellio

[Latin "treason"] Roman law. Treasonous conduct, such as joining the enemy or deserting the battlefield. ( Perduellio was later absorbed into a broader category of crimes against the state, the crimen laesae majestatis. - Also termed perduellion (par-d[y]oo-el-yan). See CRIMEN LAESAE MAJESTATIS.