Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Federalist Society
A national association of lawyers, law students, and others committed to conservative and libertarian viewpoints on political and social matters. ( The group is based in Washington, D.C Cf. NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD.
Law Society
A professional organization in England, chartered in 1845, governing the education, practice, and conduct of articled clerks and solicitors. ( A clerk or solicitor must be enrolled with the Law Society to be admitted to the legal profession.
Law Society of Scotland
A professional organization established by statute in 1949, governing the admission, conduct, and practice of solicitors enrolled to practice in Scotland.
Society
1. A community of people, as of a state, nation, or locality, with common cultures, traditions, and interests.
benevolent society.
See benevolent association under ASSOCIATION.
civil society
The political body of a state or nation; the body politic. 2. An association or company of persons (usu. unincorporated) united by mutual consent, to deliberate, determine, and act jointly for a common purpose. 3. The general love, affection, and companionship that family members share with one another.
fraternal society.
See benevolent association under ASSOCIATION.
freehold land society
(usu. pl.) Hist. A society in England created to enable mechanics, artisans, and other workers to buy at the lowest possible price freehold land with a sufficient yearly value to entitle the owner to the right to vote in the county in which the land was located.
friendly society
In Britain, a voluntary association, supported by subscriptions or contributions, for the purpose of providing financial relief to ill members and to their widows and children upon death. ( Friendly societies are regulated by statute. Cf. FRATERNAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
government-annuity society
Hist. One of several organizations formed in England to enable the working class to provide for themselves by purchasing, on advantageous terms, a government annuity for life or for a term of years. government bond. See BOND (3)
loan society
English law. A club organized to collect deposits from and make loans to industrial workers. ( The loan societies were forerunners of the American savings-and-loan associations.
political society
See STATE (1).