Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Stoppage
n. 1. An obstruction oi- hindrance to the performance of something <stoppage of goods or persons in transit for inspection>. 2. Civil law. SETOFF <stoppage in pay- for money owed >.
estoppage
n. The state or condition of being estopped.
stoppage in transitu
The right that a seller of good, has, under certain circumstances, to regain thc, possession of those goods even though the sel er has already parted with them under a coy tract for sale. ( This right traditionally applies: when goods are consigned wholly or partly o.; credit from one person to another, and the consignee becomes bankrupt or insolvent before the goods arrive - in which event th( consignor may direct the carrier to deliver thf, goods to someone other than the consignee (who can no longer pay for them. - Also termed stoppage in transit. stop-payment order See STOP OPDEH ?,
work stoppage
A cessation of work; STRIKE.