Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Indian reservation
An area that the federal government has designated for use by an American Indian tribe, where the tribe generally settles and establishes a tribal government.
Reservation
1. The creation of a new right or interest (such as an easement), by and for the grantor, in real property being granted to another. Cf. EXCEPTION (3).
dedication and reservation
A dedication made with reasonable conditions, restrictions, and limitations. dedication day See DAY.
historic-preservation law.
An ordinance prohibiting the demolition or exterior alteration of certain historic buildings or of all buildings in a historic district.
implied reservation
See RESERVATION.
implied-reservation-of-water doctrine
A legal doctrine permitting the federal government to use and control, for public purposes, water appurtenant to federal lands. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
mental reservation
One party's silent understanding or exception to the meaning of a contractual provision.
reservation of rights
See NONWAIVER AGREEMENT.