Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur, suum principale
An accessory does not lead, but follows, its principal.
Accessorius sequitur naturam sui principalis
An accessory follows the nature of his principal.
Breve judiciale debet sequi suum originale, et accessorium suum principale
A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal.
Coprincipal
1.One of two or more participants in a criminal offense who either perpetrate the crime or aid a person who does so. 2. One of two or more persons who have appointed an agent whom they both have the right to control. copulative condition. See CONDITION (2).
Court of Official Principal
See COURT of ARCHES.
Court of the Official Principal
See COURT OF ARCHES.
Cujus juris (i.e., jurisdictionis) est principale, ejusdem juris erit accessorium
An accessory matter is subject to the same jurisdiction as its principal.
In alta proditione nullus potest esse accessorius sed principalis solummodo.
In high treason no one can be an accessory but only a principal.
Non est consonum rationi quod cognitio accessorii in curia christianitatis impediatur, ubi cognitio causae principalis ad forum ecclesiasticum noscitur pertinere
It is unreasonable that the cognizance of an accessory matter should be impeded in an ecclesiastical court, when the cognizance of the principal cause is admitted to appertain to an ecclesiastical court.
Nullus dicitur accessorius post feloniam sed ille qui novit principalem feloniam fecisse, et illum receptavit et comfortavit
No one is called an accessory after the fact but that person who knew the principal to have committed a felony, and received and comforted him.
Nullus dicitur felo principalis nisi actor aut qui praesens est, abettans aut auxilians actorem ad feloniam faciendam
No one is called a principal felon except the party actually committing the felony, or the party who was present aiding and abetting the perpetrator in its commission.
Omne principale trahit ad se accessorium
Every principal thing draws to itself the accessory.
Principal
n. 1. One who authorizes another to act on his or her behalf as an agent. Cf. AGENT (I).
Principalis
adj. [Latin] Principal, as in principalis debitor ("principal debtor").
Principalis debet semper excuti antequam perveniatur ad fideijussores
The principal should always be exhausted before resorting to the sureties.
Quod non valet in principali, in accessorio seu consequenti non valebit; et quod non valet in magic propinquo, non valebit in magis remoto
What is not valid in the principal will not be valid in the accessory or consequence; and what has no effect in the nearer instance will be of no effect in the more remote.
Quum principalis causa non consistit, ne ea quidem quae sequuntur locum habent
When the principal cause does not stand, neither do the accessories (or consequences) obtain.
Res accessories sequitur rem principalem
An accessory follows its principal.
Res denominatur a principaliori parte
A thing is named from its more essential (or primary) part.
Sublato principali, tollitur adjunctum
When the principal has been taken away, the adjunct is also taken away.
Ubi non est principalis, non potest esse accessories
Where there is no principal, there can be no accessory.
Uniform Principal and Income Act
A uniform code adopted by some states governing allocation of principal and income in trusts and estates.
Unumquodque est id quod est principalius in ipso
That which is the principal part of a thing is the thing itself.
disclosed principal
A principal whose identity is revealed by the agent to a third party. o A disclosed principal is always liable on a contract entered into by the agent with the principal's authority, but the agent is usu. not liable.
official principal.
Eccles. law. A person appointed by an archbishop, bishop, or deacon to exercise jurisdiction in and preside over an ecclesiastical court. - Sometimes shortened to official.
partially disclosed principal
See PRINCIPAL (1).
principal
adj. Chief; primary; most important.
principal contract
A contract giving rise to an accessory contract, as an agreement from which a secured obligation originates. Cf accessory contract.
principal covenant
A covenant that relates directly to the principal matter of an agreement. Cf. auxiliary covenant.
principal creditor
See CREDITOR.
principal demand
See main demand under DEMAND (1).
principal fact
1. A fact on which the plaintiff's right of recovery depends. 2. See fact in issue.
principal in the first degree
See PRINCIPAL (2).
principal in the second degree
See PRINCIPAL (2).
principal place of business
The place of a corporation's chief executive offices, which is typically viewed as the "nerve center."
principal right
A right to which has been added a supplementary right in the same owner. Cf. accessory right.
separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities
A treasury security by which the owner receives either principal or interest, but usu. not both. - Abbr. STRIP. separate trial See TRIAL.
undisclosed principal
See PRINCIPAL (1)
vice principal
See FELLOW-SERVANT RULE