Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Putius semper est errare in acquietando quam in puniendo, ex parte misericordiae quam ex parte justitiae
It is always safer to err in acquitting than in punishing, (and) on the side of mercy than of justice.
Quiet
ub. 1. To pacify or silence (a person, etc.). 2. To make (a right, position, title, etc.) secure or unassailable by removing disturbing causes or disputes.
Quieta non movere
Not to disturb what is settled.
Quietare
ub. [Law Latin] Hist. To acquit, discharge, or hold harmless. ( This term was used in conveyances.
Stare decisis et non quieta movere
Literally, to stand by previous decisions and not to disturb settled matters.( To adhere to precedents, and not to depart from established principles.
acquietandis plegiis
n. [Law Latin "for acquitting sureties"] Hiist. A writ to force a creditor to discharge a surety when the debt has been satisfied.
acquietatus
adj. [Law Latin] Hist. Pronounced innocent by a jury; acquitted. acquieto. See ADQUIETO.
action to quiet title
A proceeding to establish a plaintiff's title to land by compelling the adverse claimant to establish a claim or be forever estopped from asserting it. - Also termed quiet-title action.
action to quiet title.
See ACTION.
covenant for quiet enjoyment
See COVENANT (4).
covenant of quiet enjoyment
See covenant for quiet enjoyment under COVENANT covenant of seisin See COVENANT (4).
de essendo quietum de theolonio
n. [Law Latin "of being quit of toll"] Hist. A writ authorizing a person who is exempt from paying a toll to enforce the exemption without harassment. - Also spelled de essendo quieturn de tolonio.
de plegiis acquietandis
n. [Law Latin "for acquitting or releasing pledges"] Hist. A writ ordering repayment to a surety by a principal who had failed to make a required payment that the surety then had to cover.
essendi quietum de tolonio
[Latin "a writ to be free of atoll"] Hist. A writ available to a citizen or a burgess of any city or town who, by charter or prescription, is exempt from a particular toll.
non quieta movere
n. [Latin "not to disturb what is settled"] Stare decisis. ( Non quieta movere expresses the same principle as stare decisis. It is part of the longer phrase stare decisis et non quieta movere ("to adhere to precedents, and not to unsettle things that are established"). See STARE DECISIS.
quiet diplomacy
See secret diplomacy under DIPLOMACY.
quiet enjoyment
See ENJOYMENT.
quiet-title action
See action to quiet title under ACTION.
quieta non movere
[Latin] Not to unsettle things that are established. See STARE DECISIS.
quiete clamantia
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Quitclaim.
quiete clamare
ub. [Law Latin] Hist. To quitclaim or renounce all pretensions of right and title.
quietus
adj. [Law Latin] Quit; acquitted; discharged, esp. from a debt or obligation, or from serving as an executor. ( In England, this term was formerly used by the Clerk of the Pipe, in a discharge given to an accountant, usu. concluding with abinde recessit quietus ("hath gone quit thereof"), called quietus est. 2. Hist. The removal of a judge from the bench.
quietus redditus
Latin] See QUIT RENT.
reditus quieti
[Latin "quiet return"] See QUIT RENT.
servitiis acquietandis
n. [Law Latin "for being quit of service"] Hist. A writ exempting a person from performing certain services, either because they are not due or because they are due someone other than the distrainor.
stare decisis et non quieta movere
[Latin] To stand by things decided, and not to disturb settled points. See STARE DECISIS.
title, action to quiet
See action to quiet title under ACTION.
vis inquietativa
, n. [Latin "disquieting force"] Civil law. Force that prevents another from using his or her possession quietly and in peace.