Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Single
adj. 1. Unmarried <single tax status>. 2. Consisting of one alone; individual < single condition> <single beneficiary>.
Single-juror instruction
See jury instruction
bill single.
A written promise to pay that is not under seal and has no penalty for failure to pay. - Also termed single bill. Cf. bill penal.
net single premium
The money that must be collected from a policyholder at one time to guarantee enough money to pay claims made on an insurance policy. ( This amount assumes that interest accrues at an expected rate and is based on a prediction of the likelihood of certain claims.
single adultery
adultery in which only one party is married to another person.
single bill
See bill single under BILL (7).
single bill.
See bill single.
single bond
See bill obligatory under BILL (7).
single combat
See DUEL (2).
single condition
A condition requiring the performance of a specified thing. Cf. copulative condition; disjunctive condition.
single creditor
In the marshaling of assets, a creditor with a lien on one fund. Cf. double creditor.
single demise
In an ejectment action, a declaration containing one demise. See EJECTMENT.
single juror instruction
An instruction stating that if any juror is not reasonably satisfied with the plaintiff's evidence, then he jury cannot render a verdict for the plaintiff.
single obligation
See OBLIGATION.
single obligation.
An obligation with no penalty attached for nonperformance, as when one party simply promises to pay 20 dollars to another.
single original
An instrument executed singly, not in duplicate.
single premium insurance
Life insurance that is paid for in one payment rather than a series of premiums over time.
single-act statute
See LONG-ARM STATUTE.
single-controversy doctrine
See ENTIRE-CONTROVERSY DOCTRINE.
single-criminal-intent doctrine
See SINGLELARCENY DOCTRINE.
single-date-of-removal doctrine
Civil procedure. The principle that the deadline for removing a case from state court to federal court is 30 days from the day that any defendant receives a copy of the state-court pleading on which the removal is based. 9 If a later-served defendant seeks to remove a case to federal court more than 30 days after the day any other defendant received the pleading, the removal is untimely even if effectuated within 30 days after the removing defendant received the pleading. One theory underlying this doctrine is that all defendants must consent to remove a case to federal court, and a defendant who has waited longer than 30 days to remove does not have the capacity to consent to removal. 28 USCA ยง 1446(b). See NOTICE, of REMOVAL ,
single-entry bookkeeping
See BOOKKEEPING .
single-entry bookkeeping.
A method of bookkeeping in which each transaction is recorded in a single record, such as a record of cash or credit accounts.
single-filing rule
Civil-rights law. The Principle that an administrative charge filed by one plaintiff in a civil-rights suit (esp. a Title V11 suit) will satisfy the administrative-filing rquirements for all coplaintiffs who are making, claims for the same act of discrimination. ( But this rule will not usu. protect a coplaintiffs claims if the coplaintiff also filed an administrative charge, against the same employer, in which different discriminatory acts were complained of, because the administrative agency (usu. the EEOC) and the employer are entitled to rely on the allegations someone makes in a., administrative charge.
single-impulse plan
See SINGLE-LARCENY DOCTRINE.
single-larceny doctrine
Criminal law. the principle that the taking of different items A property either belonging to the same or different owners at the same time and place constitutes one act of larceny if the theft is part f t one larcenous plan, as when it involves essel;tially one continuous act or if control over th.-, property is exercised simultaneously. 0 The intent of the thief determines the number c: occurrences. - Also termed single-.impuls plan; single-larceny rule; single-criminal-intew
single-name paper
A negotiable instrument signed by only one maker and not backed by a surety.
single-premium insurance
See INSURANCE.
single-publication rule
The doctrine that a plaintiff in a libel suit against a publisher has only one claim for each mass publication, not a claim for every book or issue in that run.
single-purpose project
A facility that is designed, built, and used for one reason only, such as to generate electricity. ( This term most often refers to large, complex, expensive projects such as power plants, chemical-processing plants, mines, and toll roads. Projects of this type are often funded through project financing, in which a special-purpose entity is established to perform no function other than to develop, own, and operate the facility, the idea being to limit the number of the entity's creditors and thus provide protection for the project's lenders. See project financing under FINANCING; SPECIAL-PURPOSE ENTITY; BANKRUPTCY-REMOTE ENTITY.
single-recovery rule
See ONE-SATISFACTION RULE.