Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assisted self-determination
see assisted suicide under suicide. Assize (a-siz), n. 1. A session of a court or council.
Determination
n. 1. A final decision by a court or administrative agency <the court's determination of the issue>.
Termination
n. 1. The act of ending something <termination of the partnership by winding up its affairs>.
determination letter
A letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service in response to a taxpayer's request, giving an opinion about the tax significance of a transaction, such as whether a nonprofit corporation is entitled to tax-exempt status. - Also termed ruling letter.
fee simple subject to a power of termination
See fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.
initial determination
The first determination made by the Social Security Administration of a person's eligibility for benefits.2. The ending or expiration of an estate or interest in property, or of a right, power, or authority <the easement's determination after four years>. - determine, ub.
power of termination
A future interest retained by a grantor after conveying a fee simple subject to a condition subsequent, so that the grantee's estate terminates (upon breach of the condition) only if the grantor exercises the right to retake it. - Also termed right of entry; right of reentry; right of entry for breach of condition; right of entry for condition broken. See fee simple subject to a condition subsequent under FEE SIMPLE. Cf. POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER.
right of termination
English law. A remedy involving the ending of contractual relations, accorded to a party to a contract when the other party breaches a duty that arises under the contract. ( The right of termination is contrasted with a right to rescind, which arises when the other party breaches a duty that arises independently of the contract. - Also termed right to terminate.
self-determination contract
Under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, an agreement by which the federal government provides funds to an Indian tribe and allows the tribe to plan and administer a program that would otherwise be administered by the federal government. 25 USCA § 450b(j).
self-determination election
See GLOBE ELECTION.
taxable termination
A taxable event that occurs when (1) an interest in a generation-skipping trust property terminates (as on the death of a skip person's parent who possessed the interest), (2) no interest in the trust is held by a nonskip person, and (3) a distribution may be made to a skip person. 0 Before the creation of taxable terminations in 1976, a taxpayer could create a trust that paid income to a child for life, then to that child's child for life, and so on without incurring an estate or gift tax liability. See GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER; generation-skipping transfer tax under TAX; generation-skipping trust under TRUST; SKIP PERSON.
termination hearing
Family law. A hearing to determine whether parental rights will be taken away from parents of a child who has become the court's ward, usu. because of parental neglect or abuse.
termination of conditional
contract. The act of putting an end to all unperformed portions of a conditional contract.
termination of employment
The complete severance of an employer-employee relationship. 2. The end of something in time or existence; conclusion or discontinuance <the insurance policy's termination left the doctor without liability coverage>. - terminate, ub. - terminable, adj.
termination proceeding
An administrative action to end a person's or entity's status or relationship. ( For example, the International Banking Act authorizes the International Banking Board to institute a termination proceeding when a foreign bank or its U.S. agency or branch is convicted of money-laundering. 12 USCA § 3105(e).
wrongful-termination action
See WR.ONGFULDISCHARGE ACTION.