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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Relocation

1. Removal and establishment of someone or something in a new place. 2. Mining law. Appropriation of a new tract of land for a mining claim, as by an owner who wishes to change the boundaries of the original tract or by a stranger who wishes to claim an abandoned or forfeited tract. 3. Civil law. RECONDUCTION (1). Cf. TACIT RELOCATION.

tacit relocation

Civil law. The implied or constructive renewal of a lease, usu. on a year-toyear basis, when the landlord and tenant have failed to indicate their intention to have the lease terminated at the end of the original term.

tacit-relocation doctrine

The principle under which a lease is presumed to continue (usu. For a one-year period) beyond its expiration date because of the parties' failure to indicate that the agreement should terminate at the stipulated date.