Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Court of Regard

Hist. A forest court responsible for looking into matters of waste and encroachment onto forest land (i.e., purpresture). ( The Court also ensured that the feet of all mastiffs - a breed allowed in royal forests as guard dogs - within the forest were declawed and cut so as to prevent them from chasing deer.

Regard

n. 1. Attention, care, or consideration <without regard for the consequences>. 2. Hist. In England, an official inspection of a forest to determine whether any trespasses have been committed. 3. Hist. The office or position of a person appointed to make such an inspection.

Regarder

An official who inspects a forest to determine whether any trespasses have been committed. - Also termed regarder of the forest.

disregarding the corporate entity

See PIERC ING THE CORPORATE VEIL.

manifest-disregard doctrine

The principle that an arbitration award will be vacated if the arbitrator knows the applicable law and deliberately chooses to disregard it, but will not be vacated for a mere error or misunderstanding of the law.

reckless disregard.

1. Conscious indifference to the consequences (of an act). 2. Defamalton. Serious indifference to truth or accuracy of <t publication. ( "Reckless disregard for the truth" is the standard in proving the deffendant's actual malice toward the plaintiff in a libel action-

regardant

adj. Hist. Attached or annexed to a particular manor <a villein regardant > . See VILLEIN.

villein regardant

. A villein annexed to the manor of land.