Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Surcharge

vb. 1. To impose an additional (usu. excessive) tax, charge, or cost. 2. To impose an additional load or burden. 3. (Of a court) to impose a fine on a fiduciary for breach of duty. 4. To overstock (an area) with animals.

second surcharge

To overstock (a common) a second time for which a writ of second surcharge was issued.

surcharge and falsify

To scrutinize particular items in an account to show items that were not credited as required (to surcharge) and to prove that certain items were wrongly inserted (to falsify). ( The courts of chancery usu. granted plaintiffs the opportunity to surcharge and falsify accounts that the defendant alleged to be settled.