Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arrest record
1. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested. 2. A cumulative list of the instances when a person has been arrested. - also termed police blotter; bench blotter; blotter
Attorney of record.
the lawyer who appears for a party in a lawsuit and who is entitled to receive, on the party's behalf, all pleadings and other formal documents from the court and from other parties. - also termed counsel of record. See of record (1).
Congressional Record
The published record of the daily proceedings in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. ( Members of Congress are allowed to edit their speeches before printing, and they may insert material never actually spoken by obtaining permission from their respective houses to print or extend their remarks.
Nemo potest contra recordum verilcare per patriam
No one can verify by the country against a record.( Certain matters of record cannot be contested in court. 2 Co. Inst. 380.
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.
Phonorecord
A physical object (such as a phonographic record, cassette tape, or compact disc) from which fixed sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated directly or with a machine's aid. ( The term is fairly common in copyright contexts since it is defined in the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 (17 USCA § 101).
Quod per recordum probatum non debet esse negatum
What is proved by the record ought not to be denied.
Record
n. 1. A documentary account of past events, usu. designed to memorialize those events; information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that, having been stored in an electronic or other medium, is retrievable in perceivable form. UCC § 2A-102(a)(34).
Recorda sunt vestigia vetustatis et veritatis
Records are vestiges of antiquity and truth.
Unrecorded
adj. Not recorded; esp., not filed in the public record <unrecorded deed>.
abstract of record
An abbreviated case history that is complete enough to show an appellate court that the questions presented for review have been preserved.
agency records
under the freedom of information act, documents that are created or obtained by a government agency, and that are in the agency's control at the time the information request is made. 5 usca § 552; united states dept of justice v. tax analysts, 492 u.s. 136, 109 s.ct. 2841 (1989)
appellate record
see record on appeal
birth record.
Statistical data kept by a governmental entity concerning persons' birthdates, birthplaces, and parentage.
business record
A report, memoranddum or other record made usu. in the ordinary course of business. ( It may be ordered produced as part of discovery in a lawsuit.
business-records exception
Evidence. A hearsay exception allowing business records (such as reports or memoranda) to be admitted into evidence if they were prepared in the ordinary course of business. Fed. R. Evid. 803 (6) Also termed business-entry rule. business-risk exclusion . See EXCLUSION(3)
clerk of records and writs
Hist. Officers of the English Court of Chancery responsible for filing documents and sealing bills of complaint and writs of execution. 0 The office was abolished in 1879, when its duties were moved to the Central Office.
contract of record
A contract that is declared by a court and entered into the court's record. ( Contracts of record include judgments, recognizances, and (in England) statutes staple. "Contracts of record are not really contracts at all, but are transactions which, being entered on the records of certain courts called 'courts of record,' are conclusive proof of the facts thereby appearing, and could formerly be enforced by action of law as if they had been put in the shape of a contract." 1 Stewart Rapalje & Robert L. Lawrence, A Dictionary of American and English Law 282 (1883).
counsel o f record
See ATTORNEY OF RECORD.
counsel of record
See ATTORNEY OF RECORD.
court of record
A court that is required to keep a record of its proceedings and that may fine and imprison people for contempt. ( The court's records are presumed accurate and cannot be collaterally impeached. See OF RECORD (2).
court recorder
See RECORDER.
court recorder.
A court official who records court activities using electronic recording equipment, usu. for the purpose of preparing a verbatim transcript. Cf. COURT REPORTER (1).
date of record
See record date under DATE.
de mittendo tenorem recordi
n. [Law Latin "of sending the tenor of a record"] Hist. A writ to certify a record under seal.
de recordo et processu mittendis
n. [Law Latin "of the sending of the record and process of a cause to a superior court"] A type of writ of error.
debt of record
A debt evidenced by a court record, such as a judgment.
defective record
1. A record that fails to conform to requirements of appellate rules. 2. A flawed real-estate title resulting from a defect on the property's record in the registry of deeds.
electronic chattel paper. Chattel paper evidenced by a record or records consisting of information stored in an electronic medium and retrievable in perceivable form. UCC § 9-102(a)(22).tangible chatt
See CHATTEL.
erasure of record
See EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORD.
estoppel by record
See COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL.
expunction of record
See EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORD.
expungement of record
The removal of a conviction (esp. for a first offense) from a person's criminal record. - Also termed expunction of record; erasure of record.
falsifying a record
The crime of making false entries or otherwise tampering with a public record with the intent to deceive or injure, or to conceal wrongdoing. 18 USCA §§ 1506, 2071, 2073; Model Penal Code § 224.4 (1997).
holder of record.
See STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD.
intended to be recorded.
not yet filed with a public registry, but forming a link in a chain of title.
judgment record
See judgment docket under DOCKET.
marriage records
Government or church records containing information on prospective couples (such as a woman's maiden name and address) and on wedding services performed.
matter o f record
A matter that has been entered on a judicial or other public record and therefore can be proved by producing that record.
notarial record
See JOURNAL Or• NOTARIAL ACTS.
notary record book
See JOURNAL OF NOTARIAL ACTS.
nut tiel record
n. [Law French "no such record"] A plea denying the existence of the record on which the plaintiff bases a claim. Evidence may generally be introduced to invalidate the record only, not the statements in the record. See trial by record under TRIAL. "The proper general issue in debt on judgments is 'mil tiel record,' which denies the existence of the record alleged. Nul tiel record sets up: (1) the defense either that there is no record at all in existence; or (2) one different from that which the defendant has declared of; or (3) that the judgment is void on the face of the record." Benjamin J. Shipman, Handbook of CommonLaw Pleading § 186, at 330 (Henry Winthrop Ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923).
owner of record
See STOCKHOLDER OF RECORD.
past recollection recorded
Evidence. A document concerning events that a witness once knew about but can no longer remember. ( The document itself is evidence and, despite being hearsay, may be admitted (or read into the record) if it was prepared or adopted by the witness when the events were fresh in the witness's memory. Fed. R. Evid. 803(5). - Also termed recorded recollection; past recorded recollection. Cf. PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED.
prout patet per recordum
[Latin] As appears by the record. provable, adj. Capable of being proved.
public access to court electronic records
A computer system by which subscribers can obtain online information from the federal courts, including information from a court's docket sheet about the parties, filing, and orders in a specific case. - Abbr. PACER.
public record
A record that a governmental unit is required by law to keep, such as land deeds kept at a county courthouse. ( Public records are generally open to view by the public. Cf. public document under DOCUMENT.
record agent
See INSURANCE AGENT.
record date
The date on which a stockholder must own shares to be entitled to vote or receive a dividend. - Also termed date of record. See EX-DIVIDEND DATE.
record notice
Constructive notice of the contents of an instrument, such as a deed or mortgage, that has been properly recorded.