Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Spiritual
adj. Of or relating to ecclesiastical rather than secular matters < spiritual corporation.
custos spiritualium
[Law Latin "keeper of the spiritualities"] Eccles. law. A member of the clergy responsible for a diocese's spiritual jurisdiction during the vacancy of the see.
guardian of the spiritualities.
Eccles. law. A person who exercises the spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a diocese during a vacancy in the see or the absence of the bishop.
law spiritual
See ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. lawsuit, n. See SUIT.
lord spiritual
An archbishop or bishop who is a member of the House of Lords.
spiritual corporation
A corporation wh, members are spiritual persons, such as h 1 apt ".
spiritual court
See ecclesiastical court.
spiritual lord
An archbishop or bishop having a seat in the House of Lords.
spiritual tenure
A tenure that bears some relation to religious exercises, such as frankalmoign and tenure by divine service.