Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Lieutenant
1 A deputy of or substitute for another; one acting by vicarious authority <he sent his chief lieutenant to the meeting>. 2. A composite part of the title of many government and military officials who are subordinate to others, esp. when the duties of the higher official may devolve to the subordinate < lieutenant governor>. 3. In the U.S. Army, a commissioned officer next below captain. 4. In the U.S. Navy, an officer next below lieutenant commander.
Lord Lieutenant
1 An honorary officeholder who is the Queen's representative in a county and the principal military officer there, originally appointed to muster the inhabitants to defend the country. 2. The former viceroy of the Crown in Ireland.
Subtenant
See SUBLESSEE.
Tenant
n. 1. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right or title. See TENANCY.
Tenantlike
adj. In accordance with the rights and obligations of a tenant, as in matters of repairs, waste, etc.
Tenantry
A body or group of tenants.
Tertenant
See TERRE-TENANT.
Undertenant
See SUBLESSEE.
Untenantable
adj. Not capable of being occupied. or lived in; not fit for occupancy <the city closed the untenantable housing project>.
appurtenant
adj. annexed to a more important thing.
appurtenant easement
See easement appurtenant.
common appurtenant
See COMMON.
covenant appurtenant
See COVENANT (4).
customary tenant
See TENANT.
dementenant en avant
[Law French] From this time forward.
dominant tenant
The person who holds a dominant estate and therefore benefits from an easement. Cf. servient tenant.
easement appurtenant
See EASEMENT.
equitable life tenant
A life tenant not automatically entitled to possession but who makes an election allowed by law to a person of that status - such as a spouse - and to whom a court will normally grant possession if security or an undertaking is given.
fief-tenant
Hist. The holder of a fief or fee; a feeholder or freeholder.
franchise appurtenant to land
See FRANCHISE (2).
franchise appurtenant to land. Rare
A franchise that is used in connection with real property and thus is sometimes characterized as real property. general franchise. A corporation's charter.
frank-tenant.
Hist. A freeholder. Also termed francus tenens,
holdover tenant
A person who remains in possession of real property after a previous tenancy (esp. one under a lease) expires, thus giving rise to a tenancy at sufferance. -Sometimes shortened to holdover. See tenancy at sufferance under TENANCY.
holdover tenant.
See TENANT.
hypothetical tenant.
Hist. A fictional person used for assessing property taxes, which are based on what the person would pay to lease the property.
illusory tenant
1 A fictitious person who, as the landlord's alter ego, subleases an apartment to permit the landlord to circumvent rent-law regulations. 2. A tenant whose business is to sublease rent-controlled apartments.
illusory tenant.
See TENANT.
land-tenant
See TERRE-TENANT.
landlord-and-tenant relationship
See land LORD-TENANT RELATIONSHIP. landlord's lien.
landlord-tenant relationship
The familiar 1 gal relationship existing between the lessor ar lessee of real estate. 0 The relationship is coy tractual, created by a lease (or agreement f< lease) for a term of years, from year to year, fc life, or at will, and exists when one perso occupies the premises of another with the le sor's permission or consent, subordinated 1 the lessor's title or rights. There must be landlord's reversion, a tenant's estate, transfE of possession and control of the premises, an (generally) an express or implied contract. -Also termed landlord-and-tenant relationshij See LEASE.
legal life tenant
A life tenant who is automatically entitled to possession by virtue of a legal estate.
lieutenant colonel
In the U.S. military, an officer next below colonel and above major.
lieutenant commander
In the U.S. Navy, an officer next below commander and above lieutenant.
lieutenant general
In the U.S. Army, an officer next below four-star general and above major general.
lieutenant governor
A deputy or subordinate governor, sometimes charged with such duties as presiding over the state legislature, but esp. important as the governor's successor if the governor dies, resigns, or becomes disabled.
life tenant
A person who, until death, is beneficially entitled to land; the holder of a life estate. - Also termed tenant for life; life-owner. See life estate under ESTATE.
most-favored-tenant clause
A commerciallease provision ensuring that the tenant will be given the benefit of any negotiating concessions given to other tenants.
particular tenant
A tenant of a limited estate taken out of a fee. See particular estate under ESTATE.
prime tenant
A commercial or professional tenant with an established reputation that leases substantial, and usu. the most preferred, space in a commercial development. A prime tenant is important in securing construction financing and in attracting other desirable tenants.
quasi-tenant
A sublessee that the new tenant or reversioner allows to hold over.
servient tenant
The person who holds a servient estate and is therefore burdened by an easement. Cf dominant tenant.
servitude appurtenant
A servitude that is not merely an encumbrance of one piece of land but is accessory to another piece; the right of using one piece of land for the benefit of another, such as the right of support for a building. - Also termed real servitude; predial (or praedial) servitude; landed servitude.
tenant by the verge
See COPYHOLDER.
tenant for life
See life tenant.
tenant in capite
See tenant in chief under TENANT.
tenant in chief
Hist. A person who held land directly of the king. - Also termed tenant in capite. See IN CAPITE.
tenant in common
See TENANT.
tenant in demesne
A feudal tenant who holds land of, and owes services to, a tenant in service.
tenant in service
See TENANT.
tenant par la verge
See COPYHOLDER.