Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Specific

adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating a particular or defined thing; explicit < specific duties>. 2. Of or relating to a particular named thing <specific item>. 3. Conformable to special requirements <specific performance>. -

Specification

1 The act of making a detailed statement, esp. of the measurements, quality, materials, or other items to be provided under a contract. 2. The statement so made. 3. Patents. A patent applicant's written description of how an invention is constructed and used. Cf. CLAIM (6). 4. Military law. A statement of charges against one who is accused of a military offense. 5. The acquisition of title to materials belonging to another person by converting those materials into a new and different form, as by changing grapes into wine, lumber into shelving, or corn into liquor. ( The effect is that the original owner of the materials loses the property rights in them and is left with a right of action for their original value. - Abbr. spec.

Specificity

n. - specifically, adv.

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

charge and specification

Military law, A written description of an alleged offense.

specific bequest

See BEQUEST.

specific bequest.

A bequest of a specific item or cash amount.

specific denial

A separate response applicable to one or more particular allegations in a complaint. 3. A refusal or rejection <denial of an employment application>. 4. A deprivation or withholding <denial of due process>. - deny, ub.

specific deposit

See special deposit under DE. POSIT (2).

specific devise

A devise that passes a particular piece of property.

specific enforcement

See primary right under RIGHT.

specific enforcement.

See primary right under RIGHT.

specific guaranty

See GUARANTY.

specific guaranty.

A guaranty of a single debt or obligation.

specific intent

See INTENT (1).

specific intent.

The intent to accomplish the precise criminal act that one is later charged with. ( At common law, the specific-intent crimes were robbery, assault, larceny, burglary, forgery, false pretenses, embezzlement, attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy.

specific jurisdiction

Jurisdiction that stems from the defendant's having certain minimum contacts with the forum state so that the court may hear a case whose issues arise from those minimum contacts. Cf. general jurisdiction.

specific legacy

A legacy of property that can be distinguished from the other property forming the testator's estate. - Also termed special legacy.

specific legatee

The recipient, under a will, of designated property that is transferred by the owner's death.

specific lien

See LIEN.

specific performance

See SPECIFIC PERFORr MANCE.

specific remedy

See REMEDY. specific tax. See TAX.

specific tax

A tax imposed as a fixed sum on each article or item of property of a given class or kind without regard to its 'value.

specific traverse

See common traverse under TRAVERSE.