Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Accountable

adj. Responsible; answerable <the company was held accountable for the employee's negligence>. - accountability, n. accountable receipt. See RECEIPT.

Arrestable offense

see offense (1).

Batable ground

land of uncertain ownership. & batable (or debatable) ground originally referred to certain lands on the border of england and scotland before the 1603 union of the two kingdoms.

Charitable

adj. 1. Dedicated to a general public purpose, usu. for the benefit of needy people who cannot pay for benefits received <charitable contribution>. 2. Involved in or otherwise relating to charity <charitable foundation> charitable bequest. See BEQUEST.

Constitutum esse eam domum unicuique nostrum debere existimari, ubi quisque sedes et tabulas haberet, suarumque rerum constitutionem fecisset.

It is a settled principle that what ought to be considered the home of each of us is where he has his dwelling, keeps his records, and has established his business.

Court of the Lord High Constable and Earl Marshal

Hist. A court having jurisdiction over diverse military matters, such as treason, prisoners of war, and disputed coats of arms. ( The Lord High Constable and the Earl Marshal were the top military officials of the Norman kings. After the office of Lord High Constable was forfeited in 1521, the court continued on as the Court of the Earl Marshal, but its jurisdiction was reduced to questions of chivalry only. Cf. HIGH COURT OF CHIVALRY.

De nomine proprio non est curandum cum in substantia non erretur; quia nomina mutabilia sunt, res autem immobiles

As to the proper name, it is not to be regarded when there is no error in substance; because names are changeable, but things are immutable.

Dominus non maritabit pupillum nisi semel

A lord cannot give a ward in marriage but once.

Equitable asset

an asset that is subject to payment only in a court of equity.

Equitable assignment

an assignment that, although not legally valid, will be recognized and enforced in equity - for example, an assignment of a chose in action or of future acquisitions of the assignor. ( to accomplish an "equitable assignment," there must be an absolute appropriation by the assignor of the debt or fund sought to be assigned. Fly

Establish

ub. 1. To settle, make, or fix firmly; to enact permanently <one object of the Constitution was to establish justice>. 2. To make or form; to bring about or into existence <Congress has the power to establish Article III courts>. 3. To prove; to convince <the House managers tried to establish the President's guilt>.

Establishment

n. 1. The act of establishing; the state or condition of being established. 2. An institution or place of business. 3. A group of people who are in power or who control or exercise great influence over something.

Establishment Clause

The First Amendment provision that prohibits the government from creating or favoring a particular religion. U.S. Const. amend. I. Cf. FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE.

Habitability

implied warranty of. See implied warranty of habitability under WARRANTY (2).

In criminalibus voluntas reputabitur pro facto

In criminal matters, the intent will be reckoned as the deed. ( In criminal attempts or conspiracy, the intention is considered in place of the act. 3 Inst. 106.

Jura naturae sunt immutabilia

The laws of nature are unchangeable.

Leges naturae perfectissimae sunt et immutabiles; humani vero juris conditio semper in infinitum decurrit, et nihil est in eo quod perpetuo stare posit

The laws of nature are most perfect and immutable; but the condition of human law is an unending succession, and there is nothing in it that can stand forever.

Lex Duodecim Tabularum

See TWELVE TABLES.

Marketability

Salability; the probability of selling property, goods, securities, or services at specified times, prices, and terms.

Marketable

adj. Of commercially acceptable quality; fit for sale and in demand by buyers. -Also termed merchantable. marketable security. See SECURITY. marketable title. See TITLE (2).

Moneta est justum medium et mensura rerum commutabilium, nam per medium monetae fit omnium rerum conveniens et justa aestimatio

Money is the just medium and measure of all exchangeable things, for by the medium of money a suitable and just estimation of all things is made.

Nomina sunt mutabilia, res autem immobiles

Names are mutable, but things immutable.

Nonforfeitable

adj. Not subject to forfeiture. See FORFEITURE.

Patentable

adj. Capable of being patented <patentable processes>.

Placitabile

adj. [Law Latin] That may be pleaded; pleadable.

Quod ipsis, qui contraxerunt, obstat, et successoribus eorum obstabit

That which bars those who have contracted will bar their successors also.

Stabilize

ub. 1. To make firm or steadfast <to stabilize the ship>. 2. To maintain a particular level or amount <stabilize prices>.

Stabit praesumptio donec probetur in contrarium

A presumption will stand until proof is given to the contrary.

Statutable

adj. 1. Prescribed or authorized by statute. 2: Conformed to the legislative requirements for quality, size, amount, or the like. 3. (Of an offense) punishable by law. See STATUTORY.

Suitable

adj. (Of goods, etc.) fit and appropriate for their intended purpose.

TAB

abbr. TAX-ANTICIPATION BILL.

Table

vb. To postpone consideration of (a pending bill or proposal) with no commitment to resume consideration unless the motion to table specifies a later date or time.

Testable

adj. 1. Capable of being tested <a testable hypothesis>. 2. Capable of making a will <an 18-year-old person is testable in this state>. 3. Capable of being transferred by will <today virtually all property is considered testable >.

Twelve Tables

Roman law. The earliest surviving legislation enacted by the Romans, written on 12 tablets in the 5th century B.C. ( The Tables set out all the main rights and duties of Roman citizens, including debtors' rights, family law, criminal law, wills, torts, and public law. They substituted a written body of laws, easily accessible and binding on all citizens of Rome, for an unwritten usage accessible to only a few. The law of the Twelve Tables was also known as the Lex Duodecim Tabularum. "The Twelve Tables continued to be recognized for many centuries as the fundamental law of the Romans; they did not formally lose this character until it was taken from them by the legislation of Justinian." James Hadley, Introduction to Roman Law 74-75 (1881).

Untenantable

adj. Not capable of being occupied. or lived in; not fit for occupancy <the city closed the untenantable housing project>.

abatable nuisance

A nuisance so easily removable that the aggrieved party may lawfully cure the problem without notice to the liable party, such as overhanging tree branches.

abominable and detestable crime against nature

See SODOMY.

accountable receipt

A receipt coupled with an obligation.

action in equity. An action that seeks equitable relief, such as an injunction or specific performance, as opposed to damages.

actuarial table.

An organized chart of statistical data indicating life expectancies for people in various categories (such as age, family history, and exposure to chemicals). 0 Actuarial tables are usu. admissible in evidence. - Also termed expectancy table; mortality table; mortuary table. Cf. LIFE TABLE.

adjustable-rate mortgage

A mortgage in which the lender can periodically adjust the mortgage's interest rate in accordance with fluctuations in some external market index. - Abbr. ARM. - Also termed variablerate mortgage; flexible-rate mortgage.

adjustable-rate mortgage.

See MORTGAGE.

american experience table of mortality. insurance.

a chart developed by insurers in the 1860s to predict mortality rates and thereby more accurately set insurance rates. 0 the table was widely used by insurers to establish rates until the 1950s.

arrestable offense

. English law. An offense for which the punishment is fixed by law or for which a statute authorizes imprisonment for five years, or an attempt to commit such an offense. ( This statutory category, created in 1967, abolished the traditional distinction between felonies and misdemeanors. - Also spelled (esp. in BrE) arrestable offence.

bona notabilia

Notable goods; property worth accounting for in a decedent's estate.

bona notabilia.

See BONA.

bond table

A schedule used in determining a bond's current value by its coupon rate, its time to maturity, and its effective yield if held to maturity.

bonorum possessio contra tabulas

[Latin "possession of goods against the testament"] Roman law. An order authorizing the applicant to take possession of an estate contrary to the testator's will. 9 Magistrates made such orders in certain cases, as where a testator passed over a son who was not expressly disinherited. - Also termed contra tabulas. "The Praetor could not affect the civil validity of a will; he could not make or unmake a heres. He could, however, give bonorum possessio to a person, heres or not at civil law, which gave him power to take possession of the goods by appropriate steps, bonorum possessio contra tabulas . . . ." W.W. Buckland, A Textbook of Roman Law: From Augustus to Justinian 324 (Peter Stein ed., 3d ed. 1963).

caveatable

adj. Of or relating to a legal or equitable interest that is protectable by a caveat. See CAVEAT (2), (3).

charitable bequest

See BEQUEST.