Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Bancus superior
upper bench. ( the king's bench was so called during the protectorate (1653-1659). - abbr. B.s. - also termed bancus publicus ("public bench").
Dominus rex nullum habere potest parem, multo minus superiorem
The king cannot have an equal, much less a superior.
Nobilitas est duplex, superior et inferior
There are two sorts of nobility, the higher and the lower.
Pareto superiority
n. An economic situation in which an exchange can be made that benefits someone and injures no one. 9 When such an exchange can no longer be made, the situation becomes one of Pareto optimality. - Pareto-superior, adl pari causa, in. See IN PAHI CAI-SA.
Respondeat superior
Let the principal answer.
Superior
adj. (Of a rank, office, power, etc.) higher; elevated; possessing greater power or authority; entitled to exert authority or command over another < superior estate > < superior force > < superior agent>. - superior, n.
doctrine of superior equities
Insurance. A rule by which an insurer is unable to recover from anyone whose equities are equal or superior to the insured's; esp., a rule that a right of subrogation may be invoked against another party only if that party's guilty conduct renders the party's equity inferior to that of the insured.
potential Pareto superiority
See WEALTH MAXIMIZATION.
respondeat superior
[Law Latin "let the superior make answer"] Torts. The doctrine holding an employer or principal liable for the employee's or agent's wrongful acts committed within the scope of-the employment or agency. - Also termed master-servant rule. See SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT.
superior agent
see high-managerial agent.
superior commissioned officer
See OFFICER (2).
superior court
1. In some states, a trial court of general jurisdiction. 2. In Pennsylvania, an intermediate court between the trial court and the chief appellate court.
superior fellow servant
See FELLOW SERVANT,
superior force
See FORCE MAJEURE; VIS MAJOR.
superior knowledge
Knowledge greater than that had by another person, esp. so as to adversely affect that person <in its fraud claim, the subcontractor alleged that the general contractor had superior knowledge of the equipment shortage>. 2. Archaic. CARNAL KNOWLEDGE.