Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Residency
1. A place of residence, esp. an official one <the diplomat's residency>. 2. The fact or condition of living in a given place <one year's residency to be eligible for in-state tuition
durational-residency requirement
The requirement that one be a state resident for a certain time, such as one year, as a precondition to the exercise of a specified right or privilege. 9 When applied to voting, this requirement has been held to be an unconstitutional denial of equal protection because it burdens voting rights and impairs the fundamental personal right of travel.