Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Submission

n. 1. A yielding to the authority or will of another <his resistance ended in an about-face: complete submission>. 2. A contract in which the parties agree to refer their dispute to a third party for resolution <in their submission to arbitration, they referred to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. 3. An advocate's argument <neither the written nor the oral submissions were particularly helpful>. - submit, vb. submission bond See BOND (2).

submission bond.

A bond given by a litigant who agrees to submit a lawsuit to arbitration and to be bound by an arbitrator's award.

submission date

See DATE.

submission to a finding

The admission to facts sufficient to warrant a finding of guilt. -Also termed admission to sufficient facts.

submission to the jury

The process by which a judge gives a case to the jury for its consideration and verdict, usu. occurring after all evidence has been presented, arguments have been completed, and instructions have been given.

under submission

Being considered by the court; under advisement <the case was under submission in the court of appeals for more than two years>.