Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Thing

1 A material object regarded as the subject matter of a right, whether it is a material object or not; any subject matter of ownership within the sphere of proprietary or valuable rights. ( Things are divided into three categories: (1) things real or immovable, such as land, tenements, and hereditaments, (2) things personal or movable, such as goods and chattels, and (3) things having both real and personal characteristics, such as a title deed and a tenancy for a term. The civil law divided things into corporeal (tangi possunt) and incorporeal (tangi non possunt).

Tithing

See DECENNARY

abjudge oh), n. [Law Latin] The act of depriving a person of a. thing by judicial decision.

vb. Archaic. To take away or remove (something) by judicial decision. Cf. ADJUDGE. As a result of the trial a very solemn judgment is pronounced. The land is adjudged to the one party and his heirs, and abjudged (abiudicata) from the other party and his heirs for ever." 2 Frederick Pollock & Frederic W. Maitland, The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward 163 (2d ed. 1899).abjudicatio (ab joo-di-kay-shee-

all-or-nothing rule

a gloss on the rule against perpetuities holding that a class gift is invalid in its entirety if it is invalid in part. ( the effect of this principle is to invalidate a class member's interest if it vests in interest within the period of the rule because it may be subject to partial divestment by the remote interest of another class member.

breathing room

Slang. The post-bankruptcy period during which a debtor may formulate a debt-repayment plan without harassment or interference by creditors.

corporeal thing

See THING.

ecclesiastical things

Property (such as buildings and cemeteries) given to a church to supp,)rt the poor or for any other pious use.

farthing of land

Hist. An area of land measured as one-quarter of a larger area (much as a farthing was one-quarter of a penny). e A farthing of land ranged from a quarter of a hide to a quarter of an acre.

incorporeal thing

The subject matter of incorporeal ownership; any proprietary right apart from the right of full dominion over a material object. - Also termed res incorporalis.

incorporeal thing.

See THING.

law of things

The law pertaining to things; the law that is determined by changes in the nature of things. ( This is also commonly known as the jus rerum, a shortened form of jus quod ad res pertinet ("the law that pertains to things"). See JUS RERUM.

main channel.English Channel>. 4. A mode of transmitting something <the news channel>.

The bed over which the principal volume of water flows; the deepest and most navigable part of a channel. natural channel. The naturally formed bed and banks of a stream .natural flood channel. A channel through which floodwaters naturally accumulate and flow downstream.2. The line of deep water that vessels follow <a shipping channel>. 3. A water route between two islands or an island and a continent <the

real things

Property that is fixed and immovable, such as lands and buildings; real property. - Also termed things real. See real property under PROPERTY. Cf. chattel real under CHATTEL.

real, adj. 1. Of or relating to thnings( such as. lands and buildings) that are fixed or immovable <real property> <a real action>. 2. Civil law. Of, relating to, or attached to a thing (whether movab

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.

term to propound all things

Eccles. law. A deadline imposed by the judge for the parties to exhibit all evidence supporting their positions. 6. Hist. English law. One of the four periods in a year during which the courts are in session to conduct judicial business. ( Terms came into use in the 13th century, and their dates varied. The four terms - Hilary, Easter, Trinity, and Michaelmas - were abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873-1875, and the legal year was divided into sittings and vacations. Terms are still maintained by the Inns of Court to determine various time periods and dates, such as a call to the bar or observance of a Grand Day.

thing in action

See chose in action under CHOSE.

thing in possession

See chose in possession under CHOSE. 2. Anything that is owned by someone as part of that person's estate or property. - Also termed res; chose.

things personal

See personal property (1) under PROPERTY.

things real

See REAL THINGS,