Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Dolus auctoris non nocet successori
The fraud of a predecessor does not prejudice the successor.
Jus superveniens auctori accrescit successori
An additional or enhanced right for the possessor accrues to the successor.
Quod ipsis, qui contraxerunt, obstat, et successoribus eorum obstabit
That which bars those who have contracted will bar their successors also.
Successor
1 A person who succeeds to the office, rights, responsibilities, or place of another; one who replaces or follows another. 2. A corporation that, through amalgamation, consolidation, or other assumption of interests, is vested with the rights and duties of an earlier corporation.
particular successor
Civil law. One who succeeds to rights and obligations that pertain only to the property conveyed.
singular successor
One who succeeds to a former owner's rights in a single piece of property.
statutory successor
The person to whom all corporate assets pass upon a corporation's dissolution according to the statute of the state of incorporation applicable at the time of the dissolution. See Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws ยง 388 cmt. a (1971).
successor fiduciary
A fiduciary who is appointed to succeed or replace a prior one.
successor in interest
One who follows another in ownership or control of property. ( A successor in interest retains the same rights as the original owner, with no change in substance.
successor trustee
A trustee who succeeds an earlier trustee, usu. as provided in the trust agreement.
universal successor
One who succeeds to all the rights and powers of a former owner, as with an intestate estate or an estate in bankruptcy.