Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Proportionality
Int'l law. The principle that the use of force should be in proportion to the threat or grievance provoking the use of force.
proportionality review
Criminal law. An appellate court's analysis of whether a death sentence is arbitrary or capricious by comparing the case in which it was imposed with similar cases in which the death penalty was approved or disapproved.