Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Causa ecclesiae publicis aequiparatur; et summa est ratio quae pro religione facit
The cause of the church is equal to public causes; and paramount is the reason that acts in favor of religion.
Religion
A system of faith and worship usu. involving belief in a supreme being and usu. containing a moral or ethical code; esp., such a system recognized and practiced by a particular church, sect, or denomination. ( In construing the protections under the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause, courts have interpreted the term religion quite broadly to include a wide variety of theistic and nontheistic beliefs.
Religion Clause
In the Bill of Rights, the provision stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." U.S. Const. amend. I.
Summa est lex quae pro religione facit
The highest law is the one that acts on behalf of religion.
Summa ratio est quae pro religione facit
The highest reason is that which acts in favor of religion. ( Also found in indirect form, Summam esse rationem quae pro religione facit.
freedom of religion
The right to adhere to any form of religion or none, to practice or ahstain from practicing religious beliefs, and to be free from governmental interference with or promotion of religion, as guaranteed by the First Amendment and Article VI, ยง 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
religion, freedom of.
See FREEDOM OF RELIGION.