Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Casus fortuitus non est supponendus
A chance event is not to be presumed.
Cujus est dare, ejus est disponere
The person who has a right to give has the right of disposition. ( That is, the bestower of a gift has a right to regulate its disposal.
Deponent
n. 1. One who testifies by deposition. 2. A witness who gives written testimony for later use in court; AFFIANT. -depone, vb.
Disponee
See ALIENEE.
Exceptio semper ultima ponenda est
An exception is always to be put last.
Generalia sunt praeponenda singularibus.
General things are to be put before particular things.
In novo casu novum remedium apponendum est
In a novel case a new legal remedy must be applied.
Iniquissima pax est anteponenda justissimo bello
The most unjust peace is to be preferred to the justest war.
Legislatorum est viva vox, rebus et non verbis legem imponere
The voice of legislators is a living voice, to impose laws on (actual) affairs and not on (mere) words.
Nemo tenetur seipsum infortuniis et periculis exponere
No one is bound to expose himself to misfortune and dangers.
Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non praeteritis
A new enactment ought to impose form upon what is to come, not upon what is past ( A new regulation should not apply retroactively but from its enactment. 2 Co. Inst. 292.
Nulla curia quae recordum non habet potest imponere finem neque aliquem rnandare carceri; quia ista spectant tantummodo ad curias de recordo
No court that does not have a record can impose a fine or commit any person to prison; because those powers look only to courts of record.
Opponent
1. An adverse party in a contested matter. 2. A party that is challenging the admissibility of evidence - opposed to proponent.
Pone
[Latin "put"] Hist. An original writ used to remove an action from an inferior court (such as a manorial court or county court) to a superior court. ( The writ was so called from the initial words of its mandate, which required the recipient to "put" the matter before the court issuing the writ.
Postpone
ub 1.To put off to a later time. 2. To place lower in precedence or importance; esp., to subordinate (a lien) to a later one. - postponement, n.
Propone
vb. To put forward for consideration or adjudication <propone a will for probate>.
Proponent
n. 1. A person who puts forward a legal instrument for consideration or acceptance; esp., one who offers a will for probate. 2. A person who puts forward a proposal; one who argues in favor of something < a proponent of gun control>.
Testibus deponentibus in pari numero, dignioribus est credendum
When the number of witnesses giving testimony is equal on both sides, the more trustworthy are to be believed.
ad rationem ponere
ub. [law latin "to give a reason"] to cite (a person) to appear. 0 the exchequer summoned persons to appear and explain a charge with this phrase.
admission by party-opponent
An opposing party's admission, which is not considered hearsay if it is offered against that party and is (1) the party's own statement, in either an individual or a representative capacity; (2) a statement of which the party has manifested an adoption or belief in its truth; (3) a statement by one authorized by the party to make such a statement; (4) a statement by the party's agent concerning a matter within the scope of the agency or employment and made during the existence of the relationship; or (5) a statornont by 3 cnonnspiratnr of fl)
admission by party-opponent.
See ADMISSION (1).
de its qui ponendi sunt in assisis
n. [Law Latin "of those who are to be put on assises"] Hist. The statute establishing juror qualifications. 21 Edw. 1.
de ponendo sigillum ad exceptionem
n. [Law Latin "for putting a seal to an exception"] Hist. A writ directing justices of assize to preserve exceptions taken by a party in a case.
depone
ub. Scots law. To testify. See DEPOSE.
dispone
ub. [fr. Middle English disponen fr. Old French disponer "dispose"] 1. Archaic. To dispose; to arrange. 2. Scots law. To convey, transfer, or otherwise alienate (property).
i,adium ponere
vb. (list. To take bail for the appearance of a person in court
jus disponendi
n. [Latin "right of disposing"] The right to dispose of property; the power of alienation.
legem ponere
ub. [Latin] Hist. 1. To propound a law. 2. To pay in cash.
non ponendis in assisis et juratis
n. [Law Latin "not to be put in assizes and juries"] Hist. A writ discharging a person from jury duty.
party opponent
See PARTY (2).
party opponent.
An adversary in a legal proceeding. - Sometimes written party-opponent.
pone per vadium
[Latin] Hist. A writ commanding the sheriff to summon a defendant who has failed to appear in response to an initial writ by attaching some of the defendant's property and requiring the defendant to find sureties. * It was so called from the words of the writ, pone per uadium et salvos plegios ("put by gage and safe pledges").
ponendis in assisis
[Latin "to be placed in assizes"] Hist. A writ directing the sheriff to empanel a jury for an assize or real action.
ponendo sigillum ad exceptionem
See DE PONENDO SIGILLUM AD EXCEPTIONEM.
ponendum in ballium
[Latin "to be placed in bail"] Hist. A writ commanding that a prisoner be bailed in a bailable matter.