Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ad recte docendum oportet primum inquirere nomina, quia rerum cognitio a nominibus rerum dependet
In order rightly to comprehend a thing, it is necessary first to inquire into the names, for a right knowledge of things depends upon their names.
Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars
A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because lie cannot act both as judge and party.
Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo-quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramur
We call a child a year old on the 365th day, when the day is clearly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civil year not by moments, but by days.
Breve ita dicitur, quia rein de qua agitur, et intentionem petentis, paucis verbis breviter enarrat
A writ is called a "breve" because it briefly states, in few words, the matter in dispute, and the object of the party seeking relief.
De nomine proprio non est curandum cum in substantia non erretur; quia nomina mutabilia sunt, res autem immobiles
As to the proper name, it is not to be regarded when there is no error in substance; because names are changeable, but things are immutable.
Divortium dicitur a divertendo, quia vir divertitur ab uxore
Divorce is so called from divertendo, because a man is diverted from his wife.
Fama, quae suspicionem inducit, oriri debet apud bonos et graves, non quidem malevolos et maledicos, sed providas et fide dignas personas, non semel sed saepius, quia clamor minuit et defamatio manife
Report, which induces suspicion, ought to arise from good and grave men; not, indeed, from malevolent and malicious men, but from cautious and credible persons; not only once, but frequently, for clamor diminishes, and defamation manifests.
Feodum simplex quia feodum idem est quod haereditas, et simplex idem est quod legituum vel purum; et sic feodum simplex idem est quod haereditas legitima vel haereditas pura
"Fee simple" is so called because fee is the same as inheritance and simple is the same as lawful or pure; and thus fee simple is the same as a lawful inheritance of ;i pure inheritance.
Furiosus nullum negotium contrahere (gerere) potest (quia non intelligit quod agit)
An insane person cannot make a contract (because he doesn't understand what he is doing).
Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit, quia consensu opus est
Insanity prevents marriage from being contracted, because consent is needed.
In rebus manifestis errat qui auctoritates legum allegat; quia perspicua vera non sunt probanda
A person errs who adduces authorities on the law in matters self-evident; because obvious truths need not be proved.
Indictment de felony est contra pacem domini regis, coronam et dignitatem suam, in genere et non in individuo; quia in Anglia non est interregnum.
Indictment for felony is against the peace of our lord the king, his crown and dignity, in general and not in his individual person; because in England there is no interregnum.
Inesse potest donationi modus, conditio sine causa; ut modus est, si conditio; quia causa.
In a gift there may be manner, condition, or cause; as (ut) introduces a manner; if (si), a condition; because (quia), a cause.
Lex non praecipit inutilia, quia inutilis labor stultus
The law does not command useless things, because useless labor is foolish.
Maxime ita dicta quia maxima est ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas, atque quod maxime omnibus probetur
A maxim is so called because its dignity is chiefest and its authority is the most certain, and because it is most approved by all.
Minor qui infra aetatem 12 annorum fuerit utlagari non potest nec extra legem poni, quia ante talem aetatem, non est sub lege aliqua nec in decenna
A minor who is under 12 years of age cannot be outlawed nor placed beyond the law, because before such age he is not under any law nor in a decennary.
Necessitas sub lege non continetur, quia quod alias non est licitum necessitas facit licitum
Necessity is not restrained by law; since what otherwise is not lawful necessity makes lawful.
Non solum quid licet sed quid est conveniens considerandum, quia nihil quod inconveniens est licitum
Not only what is permitted but what is proper is to be considered, because nothing improper is lawful.
Novum judicium non dat novum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum, et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod diu fuit velatum
A new judgment does not make a new right, but declares the old; because adjudication is the declaration of a right, and by adjudication the right is newly revealed which has long been hidden. 10 Coke 42.
Nulla curia quae recordum non habet potest imponere finem neque aliquem rnandare carceri; quia ista spectant tantummodo ad curias de recordo
No court that does not have a record can impose a fine or commit any person to prison; because those powers look only to courts of record.
Quaere de dubiis, quia per rationes pervenitur ad legitimam rationem
Inquire into doubtful points, because through reasoning we arrive at legal reason.
Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est
A person who has done anything by order of a judge is not considered to have acted in fraud, because it is necessary to obey.
Quia
[Latin] Hist. Because; whereas. ( This term was used to point out the consideration in a conveyance.
Quia Emptores
[Latin "since purchasers"] Hist. A statute giving fee-simple tenants (other than those holding directly of the Crown) the power to alienate their land and bind the transferee to perform the same services for the lord as the transferor had been obliged to perform. ( The statute, enacted in 1290, tended to concentrate feudal lordships in the Crown by eliminating multiple layers of fealty. 18 Edw., ch. 1. - Also termed Quia Emptores Terrarum "Edward I and his lords wished, for political reasons, to prevent the growth of subinfeudation, and in 1290 the Statute Quia Emptores was enacted. It took its name from the beginning of its preamble - 'Since purchasers .... " L.B. Curzon, English Legal History 300 (2d ed. 1979).
Quod attinet ad jus civile, servi pro nullis habentur, non tamen et jure naturali, quia, quod ad jus naturale attinet, omnes homines aequali sunt
So far as the civil law is concerned, slaves are not reckoned as nonentities, but not so by natural law, for so far as regards natural law, all men are equal.
Res generalem habet signiicationem, quia tam corporea, quam incorporea, cuJuscunque sunt generis naturae sive speciei, comprehendit
The word "things" has a general signification, because it comprehends corporeal as well as incorporeal objects, of whatever sort, nature, or species.
Res quae intra praesidia perductae nondum sunt quanquam ab hostibus occupatae, ideo postliminii non egent, quia dominum nondum mutarunt ex gentium jure
Things that have not yet been brought within the enemy's camp, although held by the enemy, do not need the fiction of postliminy on this account, because their ownership by the law of nations has not yet changed.
Reservatio non debet esse de proficuis ipsis quia ea conceduntur, sed de redditu novo extra proficua
A reservation ought not to be of the annual increase itself, because it is granted, but of new rent apart from the annual increase.
Sigillum est cera impressa, quia cera sine impressione non est sigillum
A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seal.
Tempus enim modus tollendi obligationes et actiones, quia tempus currit contra Besides et sui juris contemptores
For time is a means of destroying obligations and actions, because time runs against those who are inactive and show little respect for their own rights.
bill quia timet.
See BILL (2).
quia erronice emanauit
[Law Latin] Hist. Because it issued erroneously.
quia timet
[Latin "because he fears"] A legal doctrine that allows a person to seek equitable relief from future probable harm to a specific right or interest.
quia-timet injunction
[Latin "because he fears"] An injunction granted to prevent an action that has been threatened but has not yet violated the plaintiff's rights. See QUIA TIMET.