Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ad offxcium justiciariorum spectat unicuique coram eis placitanti justitiam exhibere
It is the duty of justices to administer justice to everyone pleading before them.
Implacitare
vb. [fr. Latin placitum "plea"] Hist. To implead; to sue.
Ordine placitandi servato, servatur et jus
When order of pleading has been preserved, the law is also preserved.
Placita
n. [Latin] pl. PLACITUM
Placita negativa duo exitum non faciunt
Two negative pleas do not form an issue.
Placitabile
adj. [Law Latin] That may be pleaded; pleadable.
Placitare
ub. [Law Latin] To plead; to bring an action in a court of law.
capitalas justiciarius ad placita coram rege tenenda
[Latin] Hist. Chief justice for holding pleas before the king. & This phrase - which dates from the 13th century - referred to the chief justice of the King's Bench.
communia placita non tenenda in scaccario
[Law Latin "common pleas are not held in the Exchequer"] Hist. A writ directed to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, forbidding them from holding pleas between common persons, i.e., pleas in which the Crown was not a party.
de fine non capiendo pro pulchre placitando
n. [Law Latin "of not taking a fine for amending a bad pleading"] Hist. A writ prohibiting the imposition of a fine for bad pleading. See BEAUPLEADER.
fine non capiendo pro pulchre placitando
[Latin "a .fine not to be taken for pleading fairly"] Hist. A writ prohibiting court officers from taking fines for fair pleading (i.e., beaupleader).
non implacitando aliquem de libero tenemento sine brevi
[Latin "not impleading anyone of his free tenement without a breve"] Hist. A writ that, without a writ from the king, prohibited bailiffs or others from distraining anyone from touching their freehold estates. noninfamous crime See CRIME.
placita communia
[Latin] Common pleas; civil actions between subject and subject.
placita coronae
[Latin] Pleas of the Crown; criminal actions.
placita juris
[Law Latin "pleas of law"] Hist. Positive statements or guiding principles of the law, in contrast to legal conclusions or maxims.
regula placitandi
[Latin] Hist. A rule of pleading. - Abbr. reg. pl.