Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Clearfield Trust doctrine
The doctrine describing the federal courts' power to make federal common law when there is both federal lawmaking power to do so and a strong federal interest in a nationally uniform rule. Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States, 318 U.S. 363, 63 S.Ct. 573 (1943). Cf. ERIE DOCTRINE.
Distinguenda sunt tempora; aliud est facere, aliud perficere
Times must be distinguished; it is one thing to do a thing, another to complete it.
Judicis officium est opus diei in die suo perficere
It is the duty of a judge to finish the work of each day within that day.
Perfidy
Int'l law. A combatant's conduct that creates the impression that an adversary is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection under international law, when in fact the conduct is a ruse to gain an advantage. ( Acts of perfidy include feigning an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce, or feigning protected status by using signs, emblems, or uniforms of the United Nations or of a neutral country.
Quando diversi desiderantur actus ad aliquem statum perficiendum, plus respicit lex actum originalem
When different acts are required to the formation of any estate, the law chiefly regards the original act.
RFI
abbr. REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
Superficies
n. [Latin "surface"] Roman & civil law. 1. The surface of the ground. 2. An improvement that stands on the surface of the ground, such as a building. 3. The right of a superficiarius.
Superficies solo cedit
The surface goes with the land.( That is, whatever is attached to the land forms part of it.
Wharfinger
, n. Hist. The owner or occupier of a wharf; one who keeps a wharf to receive merchandise for forwarding or delivery to a consignee.
confirmatio perficiens
[Latin "perfecting confirmation"] A confirmation that ratifies a wrongful and defeasible title, or makes a conditional estate absolute. See CONFIRMATION (4).
de non sane memorfie
[Law French] Of unsound memory; of unsound mind. See MIND AND MEMORY; NON COMPOS MENTIS.
de temps dont memorfie ne court
[Law French] From time whereof memory does not run; time out of human memory. See LEGAL MEMORY.
faderfium
Hist. A marriage gift to the bride from her father or brother.
right of wharfing out
Hist. A right to the exclusive use of submerged lands, as by establishing a permanent structure or wharf on the land to dock oceangoing vessels.
wharfing out, right of
See RIGHT OF WHARFING OUT.