Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Acceptare
[Latin] Civil law. To accept or assent to, as a promise made by another.
Accipitare
[Law Latin] Hist. To pay (a lord) in order to become a vassal; esp., to pay relief upon succeeding to an estate.
Arentare
[law latin] to rent out; to let out at a certain rent.
Bonae idei non congruit de apicibus juris disputare
It is incompatible with good faith to insist on the extreme subtleties of the law.
Clam factum id videtur esse, quod quisque, quum controversiam haberet, habiturumve se putaret, fecit
That is considered done secretly which someone did when he had a legal dispute or thought he would have one.
Implacitare
vb. [fr. Latin placitum "plea"] Hist. To implead; to sue.
Interpretare et concordare leges legibus est optimus interpretandi modus.
To interpret and reconcile laws so they harmonize is the best mode of construction.
Judex aequitatem semper spectare debet
A judge ought always to regard equity.
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.
Maritare
vb. Hist. To marry.
Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsum
No one is allowed to incapacitate himself.
Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam
No one can change his purpose to the injury of another.
Optimus interpretandi modus est sic leges interpretare ut leges legibus accordant
The best mode of interpreting laws is to make laws agree with laws.
Placitare
ub. [Law Latin] To plead; to bring an action in a court of law.
Praesentare nihil aliud est quam praesto dare seu offerre
To present is nothing other than to give or offer on the spot.
Praestare
ub. [Latin] Roman law. 1. To perform an obligation. 2. To undertake liability.
Qui non obstat quod obstare potest, facere videtur
A person who does not prevent what he can prevent is considered to act.
Qui potest et debet vetare, tacens jubet
A person who can and ought to forbid a thing (as much as) orders it, if he keeps silent.
Quietare
ub. [Law Latin] Hist. To acquit, discharge, or hold harmless. ( This term was used in conveyances.
Sapientis judicis est cogitare tantum sibi esse permissum, quantum commissum et creditum
It is the mark of a wise judge to suppose that he is permitted only so much as has been committed and entrusted to him.
Stare decisis et non quieta movere
Literally, to stand by previous decisions and not to disturb settled matters.( To adhere to precedents, and not to depart from established principles.
Tare
n. 1. A deficiency in the weight or quantity of merchandise resulting from includ- ing its container's weight in the total. 2. An allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity that a seller makes to the buyer because of the container's weight. Cf. TRET.
Terminus et (ac) feodum non possunt constare simul in una eademque persona
Term and fee cannot both be vested in one and the same person at the same time.
abatare
[Law Latin] Hist. To abate.
accredulitare
vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To purge an offense by an oath.
adrectare
ub. [law latin] hist. to do right; to satisfy.
feudum militare
Hist. A knight's feud. ( It was held by knight service and esteemed the most honorable species of tenure. - Also termed feodum militis; (in Norman law) fief d'haubert or fief d'hauberk.
inchartare
vb. [Law Latin "to put in charter"] Hist. To grant by written instrument.
inveritare
ub. [Law Latin] To make proof of a thing.
militare
ub. [Latin] 1. Roman law. To serve as a soldier. * This verb later referred to serving in public office, civil or military. 2. Hist. To be knighted.
scottare
ub. [Law Latin] Hist. To pay a tax.
stare decisis
n. [Latin "to stand by things decided"] The doctrine of precedent, under which it is necessary for a court to follow earlier judicial decisions when the same points arise again in litigation. See PRECEDENT; NON QUIETA MOVERE. Cf. RES JUDICATA; LAW OF THE CASE. "The rule of adherence to judicial precedents finds its expression in the doctrine of stare decisis. This doctrine is simply that, when a point or principle of law has been once officially decided or settled by the ruling of a competent court in a case in which it is directly and necessarily involved, it will no longer be considered as open to examination or to a new ruling by the same tribunal, or by those which are bound to follow its adjudications, unless it be for urgent reasons and in exceptional cases." William M. Lile et al., Brief Making and the Use of Law Books 321 (3d ed. 1914). "The general orthodox interpretation of stare decisis . is stare rationibus decidendis ('keep to the rationes decidendi of past cases'), but a narrower and more literal interpretation is sometimes employed. To appreciate this narrower interpretation it is necessary to refer to Lord Halabu
stare decisis et non quieta movere
[Latin] To stand by things decided, and not to disturb settled points. See STARE DECISIS.
stare in judicio
[Latin] Hist. To appear before a tribunal as either a plaintiff or a defendant.
warectare
, ub. [Law Latin "to let lie fallow"] Hist. To plow land in the spring and then let it lie fallow for a better wheat crop the next year.