Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
In republics maxime conservanda sunt jura belli
The laws of war must be especially preserved in the state.
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.
Republic
n. A system of government in which the people hold sovereign power and elect representatives who exercise that power. ( It contrasts on the one hand with a pure democracy, in which the people or community as an organized whole wield the sovereign power of government, and on the other with the rule of one person (such as a king, emperor, czar, or sultan). - Abbr. rep. - republican, adj. Cf. DEMOCRACY.
Republication
n. 1. The act or an instance of publishing again or anew. 2. Wills & estates. Reestablishment of the validity of a previously revoked will by repeating the formalities of execution or by using a codicil. ( The result is to make the old will effective from the date of republication. - Also termed (in sense 2) revalidation. - republish, ub. Cf. REVIVAL (2).
animus republicandi
[latin] the intention to republish.
express republication
A testator's repeating of the acts essential to a will's valid execution, with the avowed intent of republishing the will. See REPUBLICATION (2).
ne exeat republica
n. [Latin "let him not go out of the republic"] 1. A writ restraining a person from leaving the republic. 2. A chancery writ ordering the person to whom it is addressed not to leave the jurisdiction of the court or the state. ( Ne exeat writs - no longer widely used - are usu. issued to ensure the satisfaction of a claim against the defendant. - Often shortened to ne exeat. - Also termed writ of ne exeat; ne exeat regno.