Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Actus repugnans non potest in esse produci
A repugnant act cannot be brought into being (that is, cannot be made effectual).
Audit report
an outside auditor's written statement, usu. Accompanying a company's financial statement, expressing the auditor's opinion of the accuracy of the company's financial condition as set forth in the financial statement.
Brephotrophi
Civil law. Persons who manage institutions that receive and care for poor or abandoned children. 0 The word is Greek in origin and was used in late Roman law, but it first appeared in English in the 18th century.
Catalla reputantur inter minima in lege
Chattels are considered in law among things of least consequence.
Chirographum apud debitorem repertum praesumitur solutum
When the evidence (or voucher) is found in the debtor's possession, the debt is presumed to be paid.
Codex Repetitae Praelectionis
[Latin "code of the resumed reading"] Roman law. A revised version of the Justinian Code, published in A.D. 534. ( This code is divided into 12 books, and deals with ecclesiastical law, criminal law, administrative law, and private law. - Also termed Codex lustinianus Repetitae Praelectionis. See JUSTINIAN CODE.
Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci
A custom once disallowed cannot again be introduced.
Court-Martial Reports
A publication containing the opinions of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals and select decisions of the Courts of Military Review. ( This publication appeared during the years 1951-1975. - Abbr. CMR.
Cujus per errorem dati repetitio est, ejus consulto dati donatio est
A thing given by mistake can be recovered; if given purposely, it is a gift. Dig. 50.17.53.
Cum duo inter se pugnantia reperiuntur in testamento, ultimum ratum est
When two clauses in a will are found to be contradictory, the last in order prevails.
Curiosa et captiosa interpretatio in lege reprobatur
An overnice and captious interpretation in the law is rejected.
Decrepit
adj. (Of a person) disabled; physically or mentally incompetent to such an extent that the individual would be helpless in a personal conflict with a person of ordinary health and strength.
Disrepair
A state of being in need of restoration after deterioration or injury. Disrepute A loss of reputation; dishonor
Estrepe
ub. 1. To strip; to despoil; to commit waste upon an estate, as by cutting down trees or removing buildings. 2. To injure the value of a reversionary interest by stripping or spoiling the estate. See WASTE.
Estrepement
n. A species of aggravated waste, by stripping or devastating land to the injury of the reversioner, esp. pending a suit for possession. See DE ESTREPAMENTO.
Excessus in jure reprobatur
Excess in law is condemned.
Excessus in re qualibet jure reprobatur communi
Excess in anything at all is condemned by common law.
Federal Reporter
See F. (1).
Federal Reporter Second Series
See F.2D.
Federal Reporter Third Series
See F.3D.
Haeres est aut jure proprietatis aut jure representationis
A person is an heir by either right of property or right of representation.
House of Representatives.
1. The lower chamber of the U.S. Congress, composed of 435 members - apportioned among the states on the basis of population - who are elected to two-year terms. 2. The lower house of a state legislature. - Abbr. H.R. - Often shortened to House.
In criminalibus voluntas reputabitur pro facto
In criminal matters, the intent will be reckoned as the deed. ( In criminal attempts or conspiracy, the intention is considered in place of the act. 3 Inst. 106.
In republics maxime conservanda sunt jura belli
The laws of war must be especially preserved in the state.
Infinitum in jure reprobatur.
That which is endless is condemned in law.
Lex reprobat moram
The law disapproves of delay.
Martinez report
A report that courts sometimes require a pro se party to file in order to clarify a vague or incomprehensible complaint. Martinez u. Aaron, 570 F.2d 317 (10th Cir. 1978).
Misrepresentation
n. 1. The act of making a false or misleading statement about something, usu. with the intent to deceive. 2. The statement so made; an assertion that does not accord with the facts. - Also termed false representation; (redundantly) false misrepresentation. - misrepresent, vb. Cf. REPRESENTATION.
Misrepresentee
A person to whom a fact has been misrepresented.
Misrepresenter
A person who misrepresents a fact to another. - Also spelled misrepresentor.
Mora reprobatur in lege
Delay is disapproved of in law.
National Reporter System
A series of law-books, published by the West Group, containing every published decision of the federal and state courts in the United States. ( For federal courts, the system includes the Supreme Court Reporter, Federal Reporter, Federal Claims Reporter, Federal Supplement, Federal Rules Decisions, Bankruptcy Reporter, Military Justice Reporter, and Veterans Appeals Reporter. For state courts, the system includes the Atlantic Reporter, New York Supplement, North Eastern Reporter, North Western Reporter, Pacific Reporter, South Eastern Reporter, Southern Reporter, and South Western Reporter.
Nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur
Too much subtlety in law is condemned.
Nimia subtilitas injure reprobatur, et talis certitudo certitudinem confundit
Too great subtlety is disapproved of in law, and such certainty confounds certainty.
Non debet dici tendere in praejudicium ecclesiasticae liberatatis quod pro rege et republica necessarium videtur
What seems necessary for the king and the state ought not to be said to tend to the prejudice of spiritual liberty.
North Eastern Reporter
A set of regional law books that, being part of the West Group's National Reporter System, contain every published decision from Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio, from 1885 to date. a The first series ran from 1885 to 1936; the second series is the current one. - Abbr. N.E.; N.E.2d.
North Western Reporter
A set of regional lawbooks that, being part of the West Group's National Reporter System, contain every published decision from Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, from 1879 to date. ( The first series ran from 1879 to 1941; the second series is the current one. - Abbr. N.W.; NW.2d.
Options Price Reporting Authority
A national market-system plan approved by the SEC for collecting and disseminating last-sale and quotation information on options traded on a five-member exchange consisting of the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Pacific Stock Exchange, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. - Abbr. OPRA.
Pacific Reporter
A set of regional lawbooks that, being part of the West Group's National Reporter System, contain every published decision from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, from 1883 to date. ( The first series ran from 1883 to 1931. - Abbr. P.; P.2d.
Preparation
Criminal law. The act or process of devising the means necessary to commit a crime. Cf. ATTEMPT.
Prepetition
adj. Occurring before the filing of a petition (esp. in bankruptcy) <prepetition debts>.
Preponderance
n. Superiority in weight, importance, or influence. Preponderate(pri-pon-dar-ayt) vb. - preponderant (pri-pon-dar-ant), adj.
Qui semel actionem renunciaverit, amplius repetere non potest
A litigant who has once renounced his action cannot bring it any longer.
Quod approbo non reprobo
What I approve I do not disapprove.
Quod quis sciens indebitum dedit hac mente, ut postea repeteret, repetere non potest
What one has paid knowing that it is not owed, with the intention of reclaiming it afterwards, he cannot recover. Dig. 12.6.50.
Rep
abbr. 1. REPORT. 2. REPORTER. 3. REPRESENTATIVE. 4. REPUBLIC.
Repeal
n. Abrogation of an existing law by legislative act. - repeal, ub.
Repealer
1. A legislative act abrogating an earlier law. 2. One who repeals.
Repeater
See RECIDIVIST.
Repellitur a sacramento infamis
An infamous person is prevented from taking an oath.