Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Attaint
n. Hist. A writ to inquire whether a 12-member jury gave a false verdict. ( if it was so found (by a 24-member jury), the judgment based on the verdict was overturned. The writ was abolished in england in 1826.
Autrefois attaint
hist. A plea in bar that the defendant has already been attainted for one felony and therefore cannot be prosecuted for another
Nul sans damage avera error ou attaint
No one shall have error or attaint unless there has been damage.
Taint
ub. 1. To imbue with a noxious quality or principle. 2. To contaminate or corrupt. 3. To tinge or affect slightly for the worse. - taint, n.
legal-certainty test
Civil procedure. A test designed to establish whether the jurisdictional amount has been met. ( The amount claimed in the complaint will control unless there is a "legal certainty" that the claim is actually less than the minimum amount necessary to establish jurisdiction. See AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY.
moral certainty
Absolute certainty. ( Moral certainty is not required to sustain a criminal conviction. See REASONABLE DOUBT.
substantial-certainty test
Copyright. The test for deciding whether a second work was copied from the first. ( The question is whether a reasonable observer would conclude with substantial certainty that the second work is a copy.
tainted evidence
Evidence that is inadmissible because it was directly or indirectly obtained by illegal means. See FRUIT-OF-THE-POISONOUS-TREE DOCTRINE.
tainted stock
See STOCK.