Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Attester
One who attests or vouches for. - also spelled attestant; attestator; attestor
Habemus optimum testem, confitentem reum
We have the best witness, a confessing defendant.
In re lupanari testes lupanares admittentur
In a matter concerning a brothel, prostitutes will be admitted as witnesses.
Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus
To swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of religion.
Ponderantur testes, non numerantur
Wit nesses are weighed, not counted.
Teste
[Latin teste meipso "I myself being a witness"] In drafting, the clause that states the name of a witness and evidences the act of witnessing.
synodales testes
n. [Law Latin "synods-men"] Hist. Persons who gave evidence at synods, informing them of misconduct by clergy or laity. Synodsman See SIDESMAN.