Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Prospective
adj. 1. Effective or operative in the future < prospective application of the new atute>. Cf. RETROACTIVE. 2. Anticipated or expected; likely to come about <prospective clients >
prospective damages
Future damages that, based on the facts pleaded and proved by the plaintiff, can reasonably be expected to occur.
prospective heir
See HEIR.
prospective nuisance
See anticipatory nuisance.
prospective statute
A law that applies to future events. public statute. See PUBLIC LAW (2). punitive statute. See penal statute.
prospective waiver
A waiver of something that has not yet occurred, such as a contractual waiver of future claims for discrimination upon settlement of a lawsuit. 2. The instrument by which a person relinquishes or abandons a legal right or advantage <the plaintiff must sign a waiver when the funds are delivered>.
tortious interference with prospective advantage
An intentional, damaging intrusion on another's potential business relationship, such as the opportunity of obtaining customers or employment. - Also termed interference with a business relationship.