Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arrest
n. 1. A seizure or forcible restraint. 2. The taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, esp. In response to a criminal charge. - arrest, vb.
Arrest in execution
see arrest on final process under arrest.
Arrest in execution.
See arrest on final process.
Arrest in quarters
see arrest on final process under arrest.
Arrest of inquest
a plea that a matter proposed for inquiry has already been investigated and should therefore not be reexamined.
Arrest of judgment
the staying of a judgment after its entry; esp., a court's refusal to render or enforce a judgment because of a defect apparent from the record. ( at common law, courts have the power to arrest judgment for intrinsic causes appearing on the record, as when the verdict differs materially from the pleadings or when the case alleged in the pleadings is legally insufficient. Today, this type of defect must typically be objected to before trial or before judgment is entered, so that the motion in arrest of judgment has been largely superseded. "an arrest of judgment [under common law] was the technical term describing the act of a trial judge refusing to enter judgment on the verdict because of an error appearing on the face of the record that rendered the judgment invalid." united states u. Sisson, 399 u.s. 267, 280-81, 90 s.ct. 2117, 2125 (1970).
Arrest on final process
hist. Arrest in a civil case after the conclusion of a trial. -also termed arrest in execution.
Arrest on mesne process
see arrest
Arrest on mesne process (meen).
hist. Arrest in a civil case before trial takes place .citizen's arrest. An arrest of a private person by another private person on grounds that (1) a public offense was committed in the arrester's presence, or (2) the arrester has reasonable cause to believe that the arrestee has committed a felony.
Arrest record
1. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested. 2. A cumulative list of the instances when a person has been arrested. - also termed police blotter; bench blotter; blotter
Arrest warrant
see warrant (1).
Arrestable offense
see offense (1).
Arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur
see de arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur.
Arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam receipt
see de arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam recepit.
Arrestatio
n. [law latin] hist. An arrest.
Arresto facto super bonis mercatorum alienigenorum
[latin "seizure of the goods of foreign merchants"] hist. A writ to seize the goods of an alien, taken in recompense of goods taken from an english subject living abroad.
As their interests may appear
see atima.
Assisa de foresta
n. ; l:,v latin "assize of the forest"] hist. A statu?r concerning orders to be observed in the roya forest. - also termed ordinatio forestap; nssisr~ forestae.
Assisa forestae
see assisa ed forestae
Authority coupled with an interest
authority given to an agent for valuable consideration. ( this authority cannot be unilaterally terminated by the principal.
Beneficial interest
a right or expectancy in something (such as a trust or an estate), as opposed to legal title to that thing. ( for example, a person with a beneficial interest in a trust receives income from the trust but does not hold legal title to the trust property. Beneficial owner see owner.
Boston interest
Interest computed by using a 30-day month rather than the exact number of days in the month. - Also termed New York interest.
Civil arrest
hist. An arrest and detention of a civil-suit defendant until bail is posted or a judgment is paid. ( civil arrest is prohibited in most states.
Disafforest
vb. [fr. French desaforester] Hist. To free lands from the restrictions of the forest laws and return them to the status of ordinary lands. - Also termed deafforest.
False arrest.
An arrest made without proper legal authority. Cf. False imprisonment. House arrest. See house arrest.
Favores ampliandi sunt; odia restringenda
Evorable inclinations are to be enlarged; animosities restrained.
Forest
n. Hist. A tract of land, not necessarily wooded, reserved to the king or a grantee, for hunting deer and other game.
Forestaller
n. Hist. A person who forestalls; one guilty of the offense of forestalling.
Frustra petis quod mox es restiturus
Vainly you seek what you are soon to restore.
In contractibus, benigna; in testamentis, benignior; in restitutionibus, benignissima interpretatio facienda est
In contracts, the interpretation or construction should be liberal; in wills, more liberal; in restitutions, most liberal.
In restitutionem, non in poenam, haeres succedit
The heir succeeds to the restitution, not the penalty.
In restitutionibus benignissima interpretatio facienda est
The most favorable construction is to be made in restitutions.
Interest
n. 1. Advantage or profit, esp. of a financial nature <conflict of interest>. 2. A legal share in something; all or part of a legal or equitable claim to or right in property <right, title, and interest>.
Interest arbitration
arbitration that involves settling the terms of a contract being negotiated between the parties; esp., in labor law, arbitration of a dispute concerning what provisions will be included in a new collective-bargaining agreement. ( when the parties cannot agree on contractual terms, an arbitrator decides. This type of arbitration is most common in public-sector collective bargaining.
Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts
A program that allows a lawyer or law firm to deposit a client's retained funds into an interest-bearing account that designates the interest payments to charitable, law-related purposes, such as providing legal aid to the poor. ( Almost all states have either a voluntary or mandatory IOLTA program. - Abbr. IOLTA.
Interest reipublicae ne maleficia remaneant impunita.
It is in the interest of the state that crimes not remain unpunished.
Interest reipublicae ne sua quis male utatur.
It is in the interest of the state that no one misuse his own property.
Interest reipublicae quod homines conserventur.
It is in the interest of the state that people should be protected.
Interest reipublicae res judicatas non rescindi.
It is in the interest of the state that judgments already given not be rescinded.
Interest reipublicae suprema hominum testaments rata haberi.
It is in the interest of the state that a person's last will should be held valid.
Interest reipublicae ut carceres sint in tuto.
It is in the interest of the state that prisons should be secure.
Interest reipublicae ut pax in regno conservetur et quaecunque paci adversentur provide declinentur.
It is in the interest of the state to preserve peace in the kingdom and prudently to decline whatever is adverse to it.
Interest reipublicae ut quilibet re sua bene utatur
It is in the interest of the state that each person make good use of his own property.
Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium.
It is in the interest of the state that there be a limit to litigation.
Lawful arrest
the taking of a person into legal custody either under a valid warrant or on probable cause that the person has committed a crime.
Magna Charta et Charta de Foresta sont appeles les deux grandes charters
Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest are called the two great charters.
Malicious arrest
an arrest made without probable cause and for an improper purpose; esp., an abuse of process by which a person procures the arrest (and often the imprisonment) of the plaintiff by means of judicial process, without any reasonable cause. 0 malicious arrest can be grounds for an action for abuse of process, false imprisonment, or malicious prosecution.
Manahan-type carried interest
Oil & gas. A transaction in which the owner of a lease assigns all the working interest to someone else - who takes on specified costs of drilling and development - and the assignor retains a reversionary interest in part of the working interest, which reverts to the assignor once the assignee has recovered the specified costs during the payout period. Manahan Oil Co. u. Commissioner, 8 T.C. 1159 (1947). man-boteSee BOTE (2).
New York interest
See Boston interest under INTEREST (3).
Nihil perfectum est dum aliquid restat agendum
Nothing is perfect while something remains to be done.