Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Base service
Hist. Work of an agricultural nature performed by a villein tenant in exchange for permission from the lord to hold the land. Cf. Knight service.
Civil Service Commission
A defunct federal board created in 1883 to ensure that civilservice employees are hired on the basis of merit rather than personal preference or political considerations. ( In 1978, the Commission's functions were split between the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Diplomatic Security Service
A bureau of the U.S. Department of State having responsibility for protecting the Secretary of State and domestic and foreign dignitaries, as well as for investigating criminal activities such as identity-document fraud involving U.S. passports and visas. 0 The Service now employs some 800 special agents (members of the U.S. Foreign Service), who are located throughout the United States and in scores of embassies worldwide.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Labor law. An independent agency whose purpose is to prevent disruptions in the flow of interstate commerce caused by labor disputes through the use of mediation, conciliation, and voluntary arbitration. - Abbr. FMCS.
General Services Administration
The independent federal agency that manages the federal government's property and records. ( The General Services Administration supervises the construction and operation of buildings, procures and distributes supplies, disposes of surplus property, operates traffic and communications facilities, stores strategic and critical materials, manages automatic data processing systems, and supervises government document- and information-security programs. -Abbr. GSA.
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents.
An international convention, convened on November 15, 1965, that dictates the formal and usu. complicated procedures for effecting service of process in a foreign country. ( More than 35 countries are parties to the convention, including the United States, which became a signatory on February 10, 1969.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
A U.S. Department of Justice agency that administers the Immigration and Nationality Act and operates the U.S. Border Patrol. - Abbr. INS.
Internal Revenue Service.
The branch of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for administering the Internal Revenue Code and providing taxpayer education. - Abbr. IRS.
Legal Services Corporation
A corporation established by the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974 (42 USCA § 2996) to provide legal help to clients who cannot afford legal services.
Mediation and Conciliation Service
A federal agency that tries to prevent the interruption of commerce resulting from labor disputes, by assisting parties in settling their disputes through mediation and conciliation. ( The agency can intervene on its own motion or on the motion of a party to the dispute. - Also termed Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. 29 USCA §§ 172, 173.
Moody's Investor's Service
An investment analysis and advisory service. - Often shortened to Moody's.
National Daily Quotation Service
See PINK SHEET.
Nonservice
The failure to serve a summons, warrant, or other process in a civil or criminal case.
Secret Service.
A federal law-enforcement agency - organized as a division of the Treasury Department - primarily responsible for preventing counterfeiting and protecting the President and other public officials
Selective Service System
An executive agency charged with maintaining records of all persons eligible for military service. - Abbr. SSS.
Service
vb. To provide service for; specif., to make interest payments on (a debt) <service the deficit>.
Servicemark
A name, phrase, or other device used to identify and distinguish the services of a certain provider. ( Servicemarks identify and afford protection to intangible things such as services, as distinguished from the protection already provided for marks affixed to tangible things such as goods and products. - Often shortened to mark. - Also spelled service mark; service-mark. Cf. TRADEMARK (1).
Volunteers in Service to America
. See VISTA.
action for the loss o f services
Hist. A husband's lawsuit against one who has taken away, imprisoned, or physically harmed his wife in circumstances in which (1) the act is wrongful to the wife, and (2) the husband is deprived of her society or services.
action for the loss of services.
See Action.
activity incident to service.
An act undertaken by a member of the armed forces as a part of a military operation or as a result of the actor's status as a member of the military. 0 For example, if a member of the military takes advantage of that status by flying home on a military aircraft, the flight is activity incident to service, and a claim against the government for any injuries received may be barred under the Feres doctrine. See FERES DOCTRINE.
actual service.
See PERSONA service.
affidavit of service
An affidavit certifying the service of a notice, summons, writ, or process
certificate of service
A section of a pleading or motion filed with the court, usu. contained separately on the last page, whereby the party filing the pleading or motion certifies to the court that a copy has been sent to the opposing party. ( A certificate of service is usu. not included with the initial pleading that the plaintiff files to begin a suit, because that pleading is usu. served with a formal summons, unless the defendant waives service. But other pleadings and motions filed in a suit are usu. required to have a certificate of service attached to them. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d).
civil service
See CIVIL SERVICE.
companionship services
Assistance provided to someone who needs help with personal matters such as bathing and dressing. ( This type of service (in contrast to housecleaning) is exempt from the Federal Labor Standards Act's minimum-wage and overtime requirements.
constructive service
See SERVICE (2).
credit service charge
See SERVICE CHARGE.
debt service
1. The funds needed to meet a long-term debt's annual interest expenses, principal payments, and sinking-fund contributions. 2. Payments due on a debt, including interest and principal.
divine service
1. Hist. A feudal tenure in which the tenants were obligated to perform special divine functions, such as singing at a certain number of masses or distributing a specified amount in alms. 2. A public worship service.
ex officio service
A service that the law imposes on an official by virtue of the office held, such as a local sheriffs duty to perform marriage ceremonies.
extended service contract
See extended warranty under WARRANTY (2).
extended service warranty
See extended warranty under WARRANTY (2). extended-term insurance See INSURANCE.
foreign service
1. UNITED STATES FOREIGN SERVICE. 2. FORINSEC SERVICE. 3. Hist. A feudal service performed by a tenant outside of the fee.
forensic services.
Hist. In feudal law, the payment of extraordinary aids or the rendition of extraordinary military services.
forinsec service
Hist. The feudal services owed by a mesne (i.e., intermediate) lord, esp. those of a military nature. - Also termed foreign service; forinsecum servitium. Cf. INTRINSEC SERVICE."The terminology of Bracton's day and of yet earlier times neatly expresses the distinction between the service which the tenant owes to his immediate lord by reason of the bargain which exists between them, and the service which was incumbent on the tenement whilst it was in the lord's hand. The former is intrinsec service, the latter forinsec service; the former is the service which is created by, which (as it were) arises within, the bargain between the two persons, A and B, whose rights and duties we are discussing; the latter arises outside that bargain, is foreign' to that bargain .... [T]he term is a relative one; what is intrinsec' between A and B is forinsec' as regards C." 1 Frederick Pollock & Frederic W. Maitland, The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward 1238, 239 n.2 (2d ed. 1898).
full-service lease
A lease in which the lessor agrees to pay all maintenance expenses, insurance premiums, and property taxes.
full-service lease.
See LEASE.
heriot service
A tribute arising from special reservation in a grant or lease of lands, and thus amounting to little more than rent.
honorary services.
Hist. Special services rendered to the king by a person holding tenure of grand serjeanty. ( The services usu. consisted of carrying the royal banner or sword, or serving at the king's coronation as a butler, as a champion, or in some other capacity.
intrinsec service
Hist. The feudal services owed by a tenant to an immediate lord; the services arising from an agreement between the tenant and the lord. - Also termed intrinsecum semitium (in-trin-si-kam sar-vish-ee-am).
jury service
See JURY DUTY.
knight service
Hist. A type of tenure in which a knight held land of another person or the Crown in exchange for a pledge of military service. - Also termed knight's service. Cf. BASE SERVICE; SOCAGE; VILLEINAGE. "By far the greater part of England is held of the king by knight's service (per seruitium militare): it is comparatively rare for the king's tenants in chief to hold by any of the other tenures. In order to understand this tenure we must form the conception of a unit of military service. That unit seems to be the service of one knight or fully armed horseman (seruitium unius militis) to be done to the king in his army for forty days in the year, if it be called for." 1 Frederick Pollock & Frederic W. Maitland, The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward 1254 (2d ed. 1898).
knight's service.
See KNIGHT SERVICE.
looseleaf service
A type of lawbook having pages that are periodically replaced with updated pages, designed to cope with constant change and increasing bulk. "The first loose leaf service covered the federal income tax, and was published in 1913 shortly after the Federal Income Tax Law of 1913 went into effect. It was followed in 1914 by a service reporting on the activities of the Federal Trade Commission, which had just been established. The loose leaf method was, therefore, first used as a means of reporting new tax and business laws which were to be subject to administrative interpretation These first loose leaf services were designed not to reprint just the bare text of the revenue and commission acts, but to follow up and report each new development on these new laws as it occurred." Arthur Sydney Beardsley, Legal Bibliography and the Use of Law Books § 185, at 313-14 (1937).
maritime service
Maritime law. Work performed in connection with a ship or commerce on navigable waters, such as service to preserve a ship's crew, cargo, or equipment.
national-service life insurance
See NATIONAL-SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE.
personal service
Actual delivery of the notice or process to the person to whom it is directed. - Also termed actual service. 2. An act done personally by an individual. ( In this sense, a personal service is an economic service involving either the intellectual or manual personal effort of an individual, as opposed to the salable product of the person's skill.
prepaid legal services
An arrangement -usu. serving as an employee benefit - that enables a person to make advance payments for future legal services.
proof of service
A document filed (as by a sheriff) in court as evidence that process has been successfully served on a party. - Also termed return of service. See SERVICE (1). proof of will See PROBATE (1).