Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda
An ambiguous answer is to be taken against the party who offers it.
Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem.
An ambiguous plea ought to be interpreted against the party pleading it.
Autoptic proference
the presentation of an item for inspection by the court. See demonstrative evidence under evidence.
Nobiles sunt qui arma gentilitia antecessorum suorum proferre possunt
The gentry are those who are able to produce the heraldic arms of their own ancestors.
Profer
Hist. 1. An offer or proffer. 2. A return made by a sheriff of an account into the Exchequer.
Proferens
[Latin] The party that proposes a contract or a condition in a contract. Pl. proferentes (proh-fa-ren-teez).
Profert
Common-law pleading. A declaration on the record stating that a party produces in court the deed or other instrument relied on in the pleading.
Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem
The words of deeds are taken most strongly against the person offering them.
contra proferentem
[Latin "against the offeror"] The doctrine that. in interpreting documents, ambiguities are to be construed unfavorably to the drafter. - so spelled contra proferen.tes. - Also termed ambiguity doctrine.
doctrine of contra proferentem
See CONTRA PROFERENTEM.
profert in curia
[Law Latin] He produces in court. ( In common-law pleading, this phrase was used in a declaration asserting that the plaintiff was ready to produce, or had produced, the deed or other instrument on which the action was founded.