Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Appointive asset
an asset distributed under a power of appointment.
Bail-point scale
a system for determining a criminal defendant's eligibility for bail, whereby a defendant either will be released on personal recognizance or will have a bail amount set according to the total number of points given, based on the defendant's background and behavior.
Base-point pricing
a freight-charge calculation based on the distance from a geographical location that differs from the goods' shipment point of origin (often where a major competitor is located). ( the purpose is to reduce freight charges and enhance the shipper's competitive position, or to have customers incur freight charges not paid by the seller.
Basis point
One-hundredth of 1%; .ol%. 0 basis points are used in computing investment yields (esp. Of bonds) and in apportioning costs and calculating interest rates in real-estate transactions.
Illusory Appointment Act
An 1839 English statute providing that no appointment of property is to be declared invalid on grounds that it is illusory. ( This statute was repealed and reissued in 1925 as part of the Law of Property Act.
Point
n. 1. A pertinent and distinct legal proposition, issue, or argument <point of error>. 2. One percent of the face value of a loan (esp. a mortgage loan), paid up front to the lender as a service charge or placement fee <the borrower hoped for only a two-point fee on the mortgage . - Also termed mortgage point. See MORTGAGE DISCOUNT. 3. A unit used for quoting stock, bond, or commodity prices <the stock closed up a few points today>.
appointee
1. one who is appointed. 2. one who receives the benefit of a power of appointment. see power of appointment.
appointive asset
see asset.
appointive property
a property interest that is subject to a power of appointment.
appointment
n. 1. the act of designating a person, such as a nonelected public official, for a job or duty <article 11 of the u.s. constitution grants the president the power of appointment for principal federal officials, subject to senatorial consent>.
appointments clause
the clause of the u.s. constitution giving the president the power to nominate federal judges and various other officials. u.s. const. art. il, ยง 2.
checkpoint search
A search anywhere on a military installation.
court-appointed attorney
See assigned counsel under COUNSEL.
court-appointed expert
See impartial expert under EXPERT.
general power of appointment
A power of appointment by which the donee can appoint - that is, dispose of the donor's property - in favor of anyone the donee chooses.
illusory appointment
a nominal, unduly restrictive, or conditional transfer of property under a power of appointment.
in point
See ON POINT.
limited power of appointment
A power of appointment by which the donee can appoint to only the person or class specified in the instrument creating the power. - Also termed special power of appointment.
object of the power of appointment
See permissible appointee under APPOINTEE.
objection in point of law
A defensive pleading by which the defendant admits the facts alleged by the plaintiff -but objects that they do not make out a legal claim.
on point.
Discussing the precise issue now at hand; apposite <this opinion is not on point as authority in our case>. - Also termed in point. Cf. OFF POINT.
permissible appointee
See APPOINTEE.
pinpoint citation
The page on which a quotation or relevant passage appears, as opposed to the page on which a case or article begins. 9 For example, the number 217 is the pinpoint citation in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S 186, 217 (1962).-:Also termed jump citation . dictum page; pincite.
plaintiff's-viewpoint rule
The principle that courts should measure the amount in controversy in a case by analyzing only the amount of damages claimed by the plaintiff. plain-touch doctrine See PLAIN-FEEL DOCTRINE.
pleasure appointment
The assignment of someone to employment that can be taken away at any time, with no requirement for notice or a hearing.
point of error
An alleged mistake by a lower court asserted as a ground for appeal. See ERROR (2); WRIT OF ERROR.
point of law
A discrete legal proposition at issue in a case.
point system
Criminal law. A system that assigns incremental units to traffic violations, the accumulation of a certain number within a year resulting in the automatic suspension of a person's driving privileges.
point-and-click agreement
see point-andclick agreement.
power of appointment
A power conferred on a donee by will or deed to select and nominate one or more recipients of the donor's estate or income. - Also termed enabling power.
power-of-appointment trust
See TRUST.
preappointed evidence
Evidence prescribed in advance (as by statute) for the proof of certain facts.
public appointment
an appointment to a public office. 2. an office occupied by someone who has been appointed <a high appointment in the federal government>. 3. the act of disposing of property, in exercise of a power granted for that purpose <the tenant's appointment of lands>. see power of appointment. - appoint, ub. -appointer (for senses 1 & 2), n. - appointor (for sense 3), n.
reserved point of law
See POINT OF LAW.
scatter-point analysis
A method for studying the effect that minority-population changes have on voting patterns, involving a plotting of the percentage of votes that candidates receive to determine whether voting percentages increase or decrease as the percentages of voters of a particular race increase or decrease.
sobriety checkpoint
A part of a roadway at which police officers maintain a roadblock to stop motorists and ascertain whether the drivers are intoxicated.
special power of appointment
See limited power of appointment under POWER OF APPOINTMENT.
testamentary POWER OF APPOINTMEN
See POWER OF appointmnt
testamentary power of appointment
A power of appointment created by a will.