Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A communi observantia non est recedendum
There should be no departure from common observance (or usage).
A digniori fieri debet denominatio et resolutio
The denomination and explanation ought to be derived from the more worthy.
A family, including household servants
"Familia A family or household, including servants, that is, hired persons (mercenarii or conductitii,) as well as bondsmen, and all who were under the authority of one master, (dominus.) Bracton uses the word in the original sense, as denoting servants or domestics." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 603-04 (2d ed. 1867)
A jure suo cadunt
They fall from their right. ( That is, they lose their right.
A justitia (quasi a quodam fonte) omnia jura emanant
From justice, as from a fountain. all rivhts flow
A l'impossible nul nest tenu
No one is hound to do what is impossible.
A non posse ad non esse sequitur argumentum necessarie negative, licet non affirmative.
From impossibility to nonexistence the inference follows necessarily in the negative, though not in the affirmative.
A piratis aut latronibus capti liberi permanent.
Those captured by pirates or robbers remain free.
A piratis et latronibus capta dominium non mutant.
Things captured by pirates or robbers do not change their ownership.
A reorganization
A reorganization that involves a merger or consolidation under a specific state statute.
A rescriptis valet argumentum
An argument from rescripts (i.e., original writs in the register) is valid.
A summo remedio ad in feriorem actionem non habetur regressus neque auxilium
From the highest remedy to an inferior action there is no recourse or assistance.
A terme
[law french] for a term.
A terme de sa vie
[law french] for the term of his life.
A terme que passe est
[law french] for a term that has passed.
A terme que west mye encore passe
[law french] for a term that has not yet passed.
A tort et a travers
[law french] without consideration or discernment.
A tort ou a droit
[law french] right or wrong.
A verbis legis non est recedendum
From the words of the law there is to be no departure.
A vinculo matrimonii
[latin] from the bond of matrimony. See divorce a vinculo matrimonii under divorce.
ABC test.
The rule that an employee is not entitled to unemployment insurance benefits if the employee (A) is free from the control of the employer, (B) works away from the employer's place of business, and (C) is engaged in an established trade. 9 The name derives from the A, B, and C commonly used in designating the three parts of the test.
ABC transaction.
Oil & gas. A sale of a working interest from an owner (A) to an operator (B) in return for a cash payment and the right to another (usu. larger) payment when the well produces, followed by A's sale of the right to the production payment to a corporation (C), which pays A in cash borrowed from a lender on C's pledge of the production payment. 9 Thus A receives cash taxed at capital-gains rates, and B pays part of the purchase price with nontaxable production income. The tax advantages of this transaction were eliminated by the Tax Reform Act of 1969.
AGGREGATION. - juxtapose
ub. - juxtapositional, adj.
Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequential
A conclusion about the use of a thing from its abuse is invalid.
Ab assuetis non fit injuria
No injury is done by things long acquiesced in.
Abatamentum
[Law Latin] Hist. See ABATEMENT (5).
Abatuda
[fr. Law Latin abatudus "debased"] Hist. A thing diminished, such as money reduced in value by clipping (moneta abatuda).
Abbreaiatio Placitorum
[Law Latin "summary of the pleas"] Hist. An abstract of pleadings culled from the rolls of the Curia Regis, Parliament, and common-law courts from the 12th to 14th centuries, compiled in the 17th century, printed in 1811, attributed to Arthur Agarde, Deputy Chamberlain of the Exchequer, and other keepers of the records. Cf. YEAR BOOKS.
Abbreviationum ille numerus et sensus accipiendus est ut concessio non sit inanis
Such number and sense is to be given to abbreviations that the grant may not be void.
Abettator
[Law Latin] Archaic. See ABETTOR.
Abettor
A person who encourages or assists in the commission of a crime. - Also spelled abetter. - Also termed principal in the second degree; (archaically) abettator.
Abiaticus
[Law Latin "descended from a grandfather"] Hist. A grandson in the male line; a son's son. - Also spelled aviaticus. abide, Ub. 1. To tolerate or withstand <the widow found it difficult to abide the pain of losing her husband>. 2. To obey <try to abide the doctor's order to quit smoking>. 3. To await <the death-row prisoners abide execution. 4. To perform or execute (an order or judgment) < the trial court abided the appellate court's order>. 5. To stay or dwell <the right to abide in any of the 50 states>.
Abmatertera
[Latin] Civil law. A great-great-great aunt. See MATERTERA MAXIMA.
Abneptis
[Latin] Civil law. A great-great granddaughter; the granddaughter of a grandson or granddaughter.
Aboutissement
[Law French] An abuttal or abutment.
Absente
[Latin] In the absence of. 0 This term formerly appeared in law reports to note the absence of a judge <the court, absente Ellis, J., was unanimous>.
Absentee
Having the characteristics of an absentee <absentee voter>.
Absentee ballot
a ballot that a voter submits, sometimes by mail, before an election see absentee voting under voting.
Absentem accipere debemus eum qui non est eo loco in quo petitur
We must consider a person absent who is not in that place in which he is sought.
Absentia ejus qui reipublicae causa abest neque ei neque alii damnosa esse debet
The absence of a person who is abroad in service to the state ought to be prejudicial neither to that person nor to another. Dig. 50.17.140.
Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget
A simple proposition needs no expositor.
Absolute
adj. 1. Free from restriction, qualification, or condition <absolute ownership>. 2. Conclusive and not liable to revision <absolute delivery>. 3. Unrestrained in the exercise of governmental power <absolute monarchy>.
Absolute assignee
a person who is assigned an unqualified interest in property in a transfer of some or all of the incidents of ownership.
Absolute assignment
an assignment that leaves the assignor no interest in the assigned property or right.
Absorption
The act or process of including or incorporating a thing into something else; esp., the application of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution to actions by the states. 2. Int'l law. The merger of one nation into another, whether voluntarily or by subjugation. 3. Labor law. In a post-merger collective-bargaining agreement, a provision allowing seniority for union members in the resulting entity. 4. Real estate. The rate at which property will be leased or sold on the market at a given time. 5. Commercial law. A sales method by which a manufacturer pays the seller's freight costs, which the manufacturer accounts for before quoting the seller a price. - Also termed (in sense 5) freight ,absorption. - absorb, ub.
Abstinence
The practice of refraining completely from indulgence in some act; esp., the practice of not having sex or of not consuming alcoholic beverages.
Abstracter
See ABSTRACTOR.
Abundans cautela non nocet
Abundant caution does no harm.
Academie de Droit International de La Haye
See HAGUE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Accelerated Cost Recovery System
An accounting method that is used to calculate as,,l depreciation and that allows for the faster re covery of costs by assigning the asset a shoru-r useful life than was previously permitted under the Internal Revenue Code. 0 This system iq; -plies to property put into service from 1981 t c 1986. It was replaced in 1986 by the Modifu~<i Accelerated Cost Recovery System. - Abbr. ACRS.