Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Bare licensee.

see licensee.

Examples include deprivation of food or medication, beatings, oral assaults, and isolation. - Also termed elder abuse. carnal abuse. See sexual abuse.

Foreseeability

n. The quality of being reasonably anticipatable. ( Foreseeability, along with actual causation, is an element of proximate cause in tort law. - foreseeable, adj. foreseeable damages. See DAMAGES.

Lessee

One who has a possessory interest in real or personal property under a lease; TENANT.

Licensee

1 One to whom a license is granted. 2. One who has permission to enter or use another's premises, but only for one's own purposes and not for the occupier's benefit. ( The occupier has a duty to warn the licensee of any dangerous conditions known to the occupier but unknown to the licensee. An example of a licensee is a social guest. Cf. INVITEE; TRESPASSER.

Promisee

One to whom a promise is made.

Releasee

1. One who is released, either physically or by contractual discharge. 2. One to whom an estate is released.

See

n. The area or district of a bishop's jurisdic tion <the see of Canterbury>.

Sublessee

A third party who receives by lease some or all of the leased property from a lessee. - Also termed subtenant and (esp. in England) undertenant.

Tennessee Valley Authority

A governmentowned corporation, created in 1933, that conducts a unified program of resource development to advance economic growth in the Tennessee Valley region. & The Authority's activities include flood control, navigation development, electric-power production, fertilizer development, recreation improvement, and forestry-and-wildlife development. Though its power program is financially self-supporting, the Authority's other programs are financed primarily by congressional appropriations. -Abbr. TVA.

Unforeseen

adj. Not foreseen; not expected <unforeseen circumstances>.

Usee

See USE PLAINTIFF.

account stated. See ACCOUNT.

accrued asset. See ASSET.

accrued compensation. See COMPENSATION.

accrued depreciation. See accumulated depreciation under DEPRECIATION.

accrued dividend. See accumulated dividend under DIVIDEND. accrued expense. See EXPENSE.

action in equity. An action that seeks equitable relief, such as an injunction or specific performance, as opposed to damages.

adjunct account. See ACCOUNT.

bare licensee

A licensee whose presence on the premises the occupier tolerates but does not necessarily approve, such as one who takes a shortcut across another's land. -Also termed naked licensee; mere licensee.

but see

See SED VIDE.

censo redimible. See censo al quitar under CEN, so. censo reservatio. See CENSO, censorial jurisprudence

See LAW REFORM. See censo al quitar under CEN, so. censo reservatio. See CENSO, censorial jurisprudence

detriment to a promisee

Contracts. Consideration offered by a promisee to a promisor, esp. in a unilateral contract requiring an act from the promisee though the promisor has the power to revoke the promise.

devisee

A recipient of property (usu. real property) by will.

dified as supplemental jurisdiction. 28 USCA § 1367. - Also termed pendent-claim jurisdiction. See supplemental jurisdiction. Cf. ancillary jurisdiction.

disseisee

A person who is wrongfully deprived of the freehold possession of property. - Also termed disseisitus.

endorsee.

See INDORSEE.

ferm. See

FARM.

first devisee

The first devisee designated to receive an estate under a will.

foreseeable damages

Damages that a breaching party knew or should have been aware of when the contract was made.

franchisee.

One who is granted a franchise.

indorsee

A person to whom a negotiable instrument is transferred by endorsement. - Also spelled endorsee.

indorsee in due course.

An indorsee who, in the ordinary course of business, acquires a negotiable instrument in good faith for value, before its maturity, and without knowledge of its dishonor.

intentional manslaughter. See voluntary manslaughter under MANSLAUGHTER. intentional tort.

See TORT.

interessee

See real party in interest under PARTY (2).

lessee in the ordinary course of business

A person that, in good faith and without knowledge that the lease is in violation of a third party's ownership rights, security interest, or leasehold interest, leases in the ordinary course from a person in the business of selling or leasing goods of that kind. UCC § 2A-102(a)(26). ( The UCC specifically excludes pawnbrokers from the definition.

lessee's interes

The appraised value of leased property from the lessee's perspective for purposes of assignment or sale. ( The value is usu. the property's market value minus the lessor's interest. Cf. LESSOR'S INTEREST.

licensee by invitation

One who is expressly or impliedly permitted to enter another's premises to transact business with the owner or occupant or to perform an act benefiting the owner or occupant.

licensee by permission

One who has the owner's permission or passive consent to enter the owner's premises for one's own convenience, curiosity, or entertainment.

licensee with an interest

See INVITEE.

merchant lessee

A lessee who is a merchant of goods similar to those being leased. UCC § 2A-102(a)(31).

mere licensee

See bare licensee.

mere licensee.

See bare licensee under LICENSEE.

mked licensee

See bare licensee.

naked licensee

See bare licensee under LICEN. SEE.

next devisee

The devisee who receives the remainder of an estate in tail, as distinguished from the first devisee.

next devisee.

See DEVISEE.

outrage, n. See INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EvI0TIONAL DISTRESS. outrageous conduct

See CONDUCT.

remedial action. See

REMEDIAL ACTION.

rent-seeking,

n. Economic behavior motivated by an incentive to overproduce goods that will yield a return greater than the cost of production. 0 The term is often used in the field of law and economics. See RENT (4).