Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Surface
1. The top layer of something, esp. of land. 2. Mining law. An entire portion of land, including mineral deposits, except those specifically reserved. ( The meaning of the term varies, esp. when used in legal instruments, depending on the language used, the intention of the parties, the business involved, and the nature and circumstances of the transaction. 3. Mining law. The part of the geologic section lying over the minerals in question.
Surface Transportation Board
See INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.
diffused surface water
Water, such as rainfall runoff, that collects and flows on the ground but does not form a watercourse. ( Surface water is usu. subject to different regulations from water flowing in a watercourse. - Often shortened to surface water. See COMMON-ENEMY DOCTRINE; WATERCOURSE.
subsurface right
1 A landowner's right to the minerals and water below the property. 2. A like right, held by another through grant by, or purchase from, a landowner. See MINERAL RIGHT. CC SURFACE RIGHT.
surface right
A landowner's right to the land's surface and to all substances below the surface that are not defined as minerals. ( The surface right is subject to the mineral owner's right to use the surface. - Also termed surface interest. Cf. MINERAL RIGHT; SUBSURFACE RIGHT.
surface water
See diffused surface water under WATER.
undercurrent of surface stream
Water that moves slowly through the bed of a stream or lands under or immediately adjacent to the stream. ( This water is considered part of the surface stream. - Also termed underflow of surface stream.
underflow of surface stream
See UNDERCURRENT OF SURFACE STREAM.