Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda
An ambiguous answer is to be taken against the party who offers it.
Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem.
An ambiguous plea ought to be interpreted against the party pleading it.
Apparent authority
Authority that a third party reasonably believes an agent has, based on the third party's dealings with the principal. ( apparent authority can be created by law even when no actual authority has been conferred. - also termed ostensible authority; authority by estoppel
Arentare
[law latin] to rent out; to let out at a certain rent.
Arrent
vb. Hist. To let at a fixed rent; specif., royal permission to enclose a portion of public land in exchange for annual rent.
Articles of apprenticeship
hist. A contract under which a minor agrees to work for a master for a specified time in exchange for learning a trade.
Assignment-of-rents clause
a mortgage provision. Or separate agreement that entitles the lender to collect rents from the mortgaged premises if the borrower defaults.
Belligerent
n. A country involved in a war or other hostile action. - belligerent, adj. C£ neutral. Bellum (bel-am). [latin] see war (1).
Concurrent
adj. 1. Operating at the same time; covering the same matters <concurrent interests. 2. Having authority on the same matters <concurrent jurisdiction>.
Current asset
an asset that is readily convertible into cash, such as a marketable security, a note, or an account receivable. - also termed liquid asset; quick asset; near money
De non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio
The rule is the same respecting things that do not appear and things that do not exist.
Deterrent
n. Something that impedes; something that prevents <a deterrent to crime>. deterrent danger See DANGER.
Duo non possunt in solido unanx rent possidere
Two cannot possess one thing; each ire entirety.
Erubescit lex filios castigare parentes
The law blushes when children correct their parents.
Inherent authority
authority of an agent arising from the agency relationship.
Liberata pecunia non liberat offerentem
The return of money does not free the party presenting it (from liability).
Major haereditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus quam a parentibus
A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than comes from parents.
Multa ignoramus quae nobis non laterent si veterum lectio nobis fuit familiaris
We are ignorant of many things that would not be hidden from us if the reading of old authors were familiar to us.
Parent
1. The lawful father or mother of someone. ( In ordinary usage, the term denotes more than responsibility for conception and birth. The term,commonly includes (1) either the natural father or the natural mother of a child, (2) the adoptive father or adoptive mother of a child, (3) a child's putative blood parent who has expressly acknowledged paternity, and (4) an individual or agency whose status as guardian has been established by judicial decree. In law, parental status based on any criterion may be terminated by judicial decree.
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
A federal law, enacted in 1980, providing a penalty for child-kidnapping by a no custodial parent and requiring a state to recognize and enforce a child-custody order rendered by a court of another state. 28 USCA § 1738A; 42 USCA §§ 654, 655, 663. - Abbr. PKPA. Cf. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT.
Parentum est liberos alere etiam nothos
It is the role of parents to support their children even when illegitimate.
Pueri sunt de sanguine parentum, sed pester et mater non sunt de sanguine puerorum
Children are of the blood of their parents, but the father and mother are not of the blood of their children.
Quae cohaerent personae a persona separari nequeunt
Things that belong to the person cannot be separated from the person.
Quarentine
See QUARANTINE.
Rent
n. 1. Consideration paid, usu. periodically, for the use or occupancy of property (esp. real property).
Rentage
Rent or rental.
Rental
n. 1. The amount received as rent.
Ubi pugnantia inter se in testamento juberentur, neutrum ratum est
when two directions conflicting with each other were given in a will neither is held valid
Verba aliquid operari debent-debent intelligi ut aliquid operentur
Words ought to have some effect-words ought to be understood so as to have some effect.
Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem
The words of deeds are taken most strongly against the person offering them.
Verba currentis monetae tempus solutionis designant
The words "current money" refer to the time of payment.
Verba debent intelligi ut aliquid operentur
Words ought to be so understood that they may have some effect.
Verba in differenti materia per prius, non. per posterius, intelligenda sunt
Words referring to a different subject are to be understood by what goes before, not by what follows.
Verba quantumvis generalia ad aptitudinem restringuntur, etiamsi nullam aliam paterentur restrictionem
Words, howsoever general, are confined to fitness (i.e., to harmonize with the subject matter), even if they would bear no other restriction.
Verba relata hoc maxime operantur per referentiam ut in eis inesse videntur
Words to which reference is made have, by the reference, this particular effect, that they are considered to be incorporated in those (clauses).( Words to which reference is made in an instrument have the same effect and operation as if they went inserted in the clause referring to them.
Vicegerent
. A deputy; lieutenant
accounts receivable) and its current liabilities. - Also termed quick ratio; acid-test ratio, quick condemnation
See CONDEMNATION.
adoptive parent
A parent by virtue of legal adoption. See ADOPTION (1).
ancient rent
hist. the rent reserved at the time the lease is made, if the estate was not then under lease.
apparent agency
see agency by estoppel.
apparent agent
a person who reasonably appears to have authority to act for another, regardless of whether actual authority has been conferred. - also termed ostensible agent.
apparent authority
see authority (1).
apparent danger
see danger.
apparent defect
See patent defect.
apparent easement
A visually evident easement, such as a paved trail or a sidewalk.
apparent heir
see heir apparent under heir.
apparent servitude
Civil law. A predial servitude that is manifested by exterior signs or constructions, such as a roadway. Cf. nonapparent servitude.
apparent title
see color of title.
apprentice
1. hist. a person bound by an indenture to work for an employer for a specified period to learn a craft, trade, or profession. 2. a learner in any field of employment or business.
apprentice of the law
hist. 1. a law student. 2. a barrister. - also termed apprentice en la ley; apprenticius ad legem.