Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arrest in quarters
see arrest on final process under arrest.
Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Hist. 1. English law. A court of criminal jurisdiction held in each county (or borough) once in every quarter of a year. * The court was made up of a county's justices of the peace. It committed certain cases to the Assizes. Quarter Sessions were abolished in 1971, with most jurisdiction transferred to the Crown Court. - Often shortened to Quarter Sessions; Sessions. "The court of general quarter sessions of the peace is a court that must be held in every county, once in every quarter of a year .... It is held before two or more justices of the peace, one of which must be of the quorum. The jurisdiction of this court, by statute 34 Edw. III. c. I. extends to the trying and determining all felonies and trespasses whatsoever, though they seldom, if ever, try any greater offence than small felonies within the benefit of clergy ...." 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 268 (1769) 2. A court held in some states four times a year with jurisdiction over misdemeanors and occasionally tasks of an administrative nature, such as the care of public roads and bridges. -Often shortened to Quarter Session Court. -Also termed Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace.
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace
See COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE.
Quarter
n. In the law of war, the act of showing mercy to a defeated enemy by sparing lives and accepting a surrender < to give no quarter>.
Quarter Sessions Court
See COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE.
Quartering
n. Hist. 1. The dividing of a criminal's body into quarters after execution, esp. as part of the punishment for a crime such as high treason. See HANGED, DRAWN, AND QUARTERED. 2. The furnishing of living quarters to members of the military. 0 The Third Amendment generally protects U.S. citizens from being forced to use their homes to quarter soldiers. U.S. Const. amend. III. 3. The dividing of a shield into four parts to show four different coats of arms. - quarter, ub.
hanged, drawn, and quartered
Hist. An ancient sentence for high treason, consisting of the prisoner's being drawn on a hurdle to the place of execution, hanged by the neck (but not until dead), disemboweled, and beheaded, and the body then divided into four pieces for the king's disposal. ( The sentence was abolished in England in 1870. See TREASON.
person of opposite sex sharing living quarters
See POSSLQ.
quarter day
Hist. One of four days during a year that money owed (such as rent) was legally or customarily payable.
quarter seal
See SEAL.
quarter section
See SECTION.
quarter session
See SESSION.
quarter session.
1. English law. The meetings held four times a year by a county's justices of the peace to transact business, including trying certain criminal and civil matters as specified by statute. ( The quarter sessions were abolished in 1971 and replaced by the Crown Court system. 2. Scots law. A meeting formerly held four times a year by the justices to review criminal sentences. -Abbr. Q.S.
quarterly report
A financial report issued by a corporation (and by most mutual funds and investment managers) every three months.
quarters of coverage
The number of quarterly payments made by a person into the socialsecurity fund as a basis for determining the person's entitlement to benefits.