Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
In verbis non verba sed res et ratio quaerenda est
In wording, it is not the words but the substance and the meaning that is to be sought.
Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum quaerere; quaesito tempore tutus eris
It is the duty of a judge to inquire into the timing of events as much as the matters themselves; by inquiring into the time, you will be safe.
Melius est in tempore occurrere quam post causam vulneratum remedium quaerere
It is better to oppose in time than to seek a remedy after a wrong has been inflicted.( Coke introduces this maxim with the phrase ne per negligentiam damnum incurrat: "lest he incur damage through negligence." 2 Co. Inst. 299.
Quaere
vb. [Latin] Inquire; query; examine. ( This term was often used in the syllabus of a reported case to show that a point was doubtful or open to question.
Quaere de dubiis, quia per rationes pervenitur ad legitimam rationem
Inquire into doubtful points, because through reasoning we arrive at legal reason.
Quaerens
n. [Law Latin] Hist. One who complains; a plaintiff.
Quaerere dat sapere quae sunt legitima vere
To investigate is the way to know what things are truly lawful.
quaerens nihil capiat per billam
[Law Latin] Hist. Let the plaintiff take nothing by his bill. ( This was a form of judgment for the defendant.
quaerens non invenit plegium
[Law Latin "the plaintiff did not find a pledge"] Hist. A sheriff's return to a writ requiring him to take security from the plaintiff' for prosecution of the plaintiff's claim.
sed quaere
[Latin] But inquire; examine this further. ( This remark indicates that the correctness. of a particular statement is challenged. seduction The offense that occurs when a man entices a woman of previously chaste character to have unlawful intercourse with him by means of persuasion, solicitation, promises, or bribes, or other means not involving force. ( Many states have abolished this offense for persons over the age of legal consent. Traditionally, the parent has an action to recover damages for the loss of the child's services. But in measuring damages, the jury may consider not just the loss of services but also the distress and anxiety that the parent has suffered in being deprived of the child's comfort and companionship. Though seduction was not a crime at common law, many American states made it a statutory crime until the late 20th century.