Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Idem est nihil dicere et insufficienter dicere.

It is the same thing to say nothing and not to say enough. * To say a thing in an insufficient manner is the same as not to say it at all. Applied to the plea of a prisoner.

Sufficient

adj. Adequate; of such quality, number, force, or value as is necessary for a given purpose <sufficient consideration> <sufficient evidence>.

accredit (a-kred-it), vb. 1. To give official authorization or status to. 2. To recognize (a school) as having sufficient academic standards to qualify graduates for higher education or for profession

admission to sufficient facts

See SUBMISSION TO A FINDING.

facially sufficient

adj. (Of a document) appearing valid on its face. 0 A search-warrant affidavit's facial sufficiency will not protect it from attack if the affidavit is based on false testimony by the officer making the affidavit. See FRANKS HEARING.

insufficient evidence

Evidence that is inadequate to prove something, so that no presumption - even a conditional one - is raised.

insufficient evidence.

See EVIDENCE,

insufficient funds.

See NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDS,

legally sufficient consideration

See sufficient consideration.

not sufficient funds

The notation of dishonor (of a check) indicating that the drawer's account does not contain enough money to cover payment. - Abbr. NSF. - Also termed insufficient funds.

sufficient cause

1 See good cause under CAUSE (2). 2. PROBABLE CAUSE. sufficient consideration See CONSIDERATION.

sufficient consideration

Enough consideration - as a matter of law - to support a contract. - Also termed due consideration; legally sufficient consideration. Cf. adequate consideration.

sufficient evidence

See satisfactory evidence.