Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Gisetaker
Archaic. See AGISTER.
Intake
Hist. English law. A piece of land temporarily taken from a common or moorland by a tenant to raise a crop.
Mistake
n. 1. An error, misconception, or misunderstanding; an erroneous belief. 2. Contracts. The situation in which the parties to a contract did not mean the same thing - or when one or both, while meaning the same thing, formed untrue conclusions about the subject matter of the contract - as a result of which the contract may be rendered void. Cf. FRUSTRATION.
Stake
n. 1. Something (such as property) deposited by two or more parties with a third party pending the resolution of a dispute; the subject matter of an interpleader. 2. An interest or share in a business venture. 3. Something (esp. money) bet in a wager, game, or contest. 4. A boundary marker used in land surveys.
Stakeholder
1 A disinterested third party who holds nionev or property, the right to which is disputed between two or more other parties. See INTERPLEADER. 2. A person who has an interest or concern in a business or enterprise, though not necessarily as an owner. 3. One who holds the money or valuables bet by others in a wager.
Sweepstakes
1. A race (esp. a horse race) in which the winner's prize is the sum of the stakes contributed by the various competitors. 2. A contest, often for promotional purposes, that awards prizes based on the random selection of entries. 0 State and federal laws prohibit conducting a sweepstakes as a scheme to obtain money or property through the mail by false representations. 39 USCA § 3005.
Take
ub. 1. To obtain possession or control, whether legally or illegally < it's a felony to take that property without the owner's consent. 2. To seize with authority; to confiscate or apprehend <take the suspect into custody>. 3. (Of a federal or state government) to acquire (property) for public use; condemn <the state took the land under its eminent-domain powers. 4. To acquire possession by virtue of a grant of title, the use of eminent domain, or other legal means; esp., to receive property by will or intestate succession <the probate code indicates the proportions according= to which each heir will take>. See TAKING. 5. To claim one's rights under < she took the Fifth emend ment
Takeover
The acquisition of ownership or control of a corporation. ( A takeover is typically accomplished by a purchase of shares or asset.. a tender offer, or a merger.
Taker
n. A person who acquires; esp., one who receives property by will, by power of appointment, or by intestate succession.
Undertake
ub. 1. To take on an obligation or task <he has undertaken to chair the committee on legal aid for the homeless>. 2. To give a formal promise; guarantee <the merchant undertook that the goods were waterproof>. 3. To act as surety for (another); to make oneself responsible for (a person, fact, or the like) <her husband undertook for her appearance in court>.
antitakeover statute
a state law designed to protect companies based in the state from hostile takeovers.
bilateral mistake
See mutual mistake (1).
bilateral mistake.
See mutual mistake (1) under MISTAKE.
bill taken pro confesso
[Latin "as if admitted"] Hist. An order issued by a court of equity when a defendant fails to file an answer.
bill to take testimony de bene esse
A bill brought to take testimony pertinent to pending litigation from a witness who may be unavailable at the time of trial.
bill to take testimony de bene esse.
See BILL (2).
bribe-taker
See BRIBES.
collateral mistake
See unessential mistake under MISTAKE.
common mistake
See mutual mistake (2).
essential mistake
Contracts. A mistake serious enough that no real consent could have existed, so that there was no real agreement.
first taker
A person who receives an estate that is subject to a remainder or executory devise.
first taker.
See TAKER.
friendly takeover
A takeover that is approved by the target corporation's board of directors.
friendly takeover.
See TAKEOVER.
grubstake contract
A contract between two parties in which one party provides the grubstake - money and supplies - and the other party prospects for and locates mines on public land. a Each party acquires an interest in the mine as agreed to in the contract. Grubstake contracts are used chiefly in the western United States. In some states, such as Alaska, a request for grubstake money is considered the offer of a security and must be registered. - Also termed grubstaking contract.
hostile takeover
A takeover that is resisted by the target corporation's board of directors
hostile takeover.
See TAKEOVER.
inessential mistake
See unessential mistake under MISTAKE.
intake day
The day on which new cases are assigned to the courts.
larceny of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake
Larceny in which one obtains control of property the person knows to be lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake (esp. in the amount of property or identity of recipient) and' fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to the rightful owner. Model Penal Code § 223.5.
mistake of fact.
A mistake about a fact that is material to a transaction. - Also termed error in fact; error of fact.
mistake of law
A mistake about the legal effect of a known fact or situation. - Also termed error in law; error of law.
mutual mistake
1. A mistake in which each party misunderstands the other's intent. - Also termed bilateral mistake. 2. A mistake that is shared and relied on by both parties to a contract. ( A court will often revise or nullify a contract based on a mutual mistake about a material term. - Also termed (in sense 2) common mistake. "The term 'common mistake' is more usually, but less grammatically, referred to as 'mutual mistake'. Cheshire and Fifoot on Contract have made a heroic effort to introduce and establish the more correct term, and it does seem to be gaining ground. However, the beginner is warned that the term 'mutual mistake' is nearly always used by the Courts to mean what we here call 'common mistake'." P.S. Atiyah, An Introduction to the Law of Contract 190 n.7 (3d ed. 1981).
nonessential mistake
See unessential mistake under MISTAKE.
nonessential mistake.
See unessential mistake.
take away
ub. Hist. To entice or persuade (a female under the age of 18) to leave her family for purposes of marriage, prostitution, or illicit sex. See ABDt'CTION (2).
take back
ub. To revoke; to retract.
take by stealth
To steal (personal property; to pilfer or filch.
take care of
1. To support or look after i a person). 2. To pay (a debt; 3. To attend to (some matter).
take delivery
To receive something purchased or ordered; esp., to receive a commodity under a futures contract or spot-market contract, or to receive securities recently purchased.
take effect
ub. 1. To become operative or executed. 2. To be in force; to go into operation.
take the witness
You may now question the witness. ( This phrase is a lawyer's courtroom announcement that ends one side's questioning and prompts the other side to begin its questioning. Synonymous phrases are your witness and pass the witness.
take up
ub. 1. To pay or discharge (a note). 2. To retire (a negotiable instrument); to discharge one's liability on (a negotiable instrument), esp. the liability of an indorser or acceptor. 3. To purchase (a note).
take-home pay
Gross wages or salary reduced by deductions such as income taxes, socialsecurity taxes, voluntary contribution, and union dues; the net amount of a paycheck
take-it-or-leave-it contract
See adhesion contract.
take-nothing judgment
See JUDGMENIr.
take-nothing judgment.
A judgment for the defendant providing that the plaintiff recover nothing in damages or other relief. - Also termed (in some states) no cause of action.
take-or-pay contract
See CONTRACT.
takeover bid
An attempt by outsiders to wrest control from the incumbent management of a target corporation.
takeover defense
See SHARK REPELLEN