Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Architectural review
see design review.
Court of Military Review
See COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (1).
Review
n. Consideration, inspection, or reexamination of a subject or thing. - review, vb.
Unreviewable
adj. Incapable of being legally or judicially reviewed <the claim is unreviewable on appeal>.
administrative review
1. Judicial review of an administrative proceeding. 2. Review of an administrative proceeding within the agency itself.
administrative review.
See REVIEW.
appellate review
Examination of a lower court's decision by a higher court, which can affirm, reverse, or modify the decision.
bill in the nature of a bill of review.
See BILL (2).
bill of review.
See BILL (2).
board of review.
1. A body that reviews administrative-agency decisions. 2. A body that reviews property-tax assessments. 3. In some cities, a board that reviews allegations of police misconduct.
commission of review
Hist. In England, an authorization sometimes granted in an extraordinary case to review a judgment of the Court of Delegates. ( The commission of review is no longer used because the Privy Council was substituted for the Court of Delegates as the appellate court in ecclesiastical cases in 1832. See COURT OF DELEGATES.
court of review
See appellate court.
de novo judicial review
A court's nondeferential review of an administrative decision, usu. through a review of the administrative record plus any additional evidence the parties present.
de novo review
See appeal de novo under APPEAL.
design review
A process by which a building permit is not issued until the proposed building meets the architectural standards established by land-use regulations. - Also termed architectural review. desist. To stop or leave off. See CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER.
discretionary review
The form of appellate review that is not a matter of right but that occurs only with the appellate court's permission. See CERTIORARI.
foster-care review board
A board that reviews the permanent plans of foster-care placement of neglected and abused children.
judicial review
See JUDICIAL REVIEW.
law review
1 A journal containing scholarly articles, essays, and other commentary on legal topics by professors, judges, law students, and practitioners. ( Law reviews are usu. published at law schools and edited by law students < law reviews are often grossly overburdened with substantive footnotes>. 2. The law-student staff and editorial board of such a journal < she made law review>.
libel of review
Maritime law. A new proceeding attacking a final decree after the right to appeal has expired. See LIBEL (3).
peer-review organization
A government agency that monitors health-regulation compliance by private hospitals requesting public funds (such as Medicare payments). - Abbr. PRO.
peer-review privilege
A privilege that protects from disclosure the proceedings and reports of a medical facility's peer-review committee, which reviews and oversees the patient care and medical services provided by the staff.
peer-reviewed journal
A publication whose practice is to forward submitted articles to disinterested experts who screen them for scholarly or scientific reliability, the idea being that articles actually published have already withstood expert scrutiny and comment.
proportionality review
Criminal law. An appellate court's analysis of whether a death sentence is arbitrary or capricious by comparing the case in which it was imposed with similar cases in which the death penalty was approved or disapproved.
reviewable issue
See appealable decision uI der DECISION,
supplemental bill in nature of bill of review
See bill in the nature of a bill of review under BILL (2).
supplemental bill in nature of bill of review.
See bill in the nature of a bill or review.A legislative proposal offered for debate before its enactment.
writ of review
A general form of process issuing from an appellate court to bring up for review the record of the proceedings in the court below; the common-law writ of certiorari