Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Extradition Clause

The clause of the U.S. Constitution providing that any accused person who flees to another state must, on request of the executive authority of the state where the crime was committed, be returned to that state. U.S. Const. art. IV, ยง 2, cl. 2.

In traditionibus scriptorum (chartarum) non quod dictum est, sed quod gestum (factum) est, inspicitur

In the delivery of writings (deeds), not what is said but what is done is to be considered.

Legatum morte testatoris tantum confirmatur, sicut donatio inter vivos traditione sola

A legacy is confirmed by the death of the testator, in the same manner as a gift from a living person is by delivery alone.

Re, verbis, scripto, consensu, traditione, junctura vestes sumere pacta solent

Compacts usually take their clothing from the thing itself, from words, from writings, from consent, from delivery, from the joining together.

Tradition

1. Past customs and usages that influence or govern present acts or practices. 2. The delivery of an item or an estate.

Traditionibus et usucapionibus, non nudis pactis, transferuntur rerum dominia

Rights of property are transferred by delivery and by prescription (founded on lengthy possession), not by naked agreements.

extradition

The official surrender of an alleged criminal by one state or nation to another having jurisdiction over the crime charged; the return of a fugitive from justice, regardless of consent, by the authorities where the fugitive resides. Cf. RENDITION (2).

extradition treaty

A treaty governing the preconditions for, and exceptions to, the surrender of a fugitive from justice by the fugitive's country of residence to another country claiming criminal jurisdiction over the fugitive.

extradition warrant

A warrant for the return of a fugitive from one jurisdiction to another. Cf. rendition warrant.

international extradition

Extradition in response to a demand made by the executive of one nation on the executive of another nation. ( This procedure is regulated by treaties.

international extradition.

See EXTRADITION.

interstate extradition

Extradition in response to a demand made by the governor of one state on the governor of another state. ( This procedure is provided for by the federal constitution, by federal statute, and by state statutes.

nontraditional public forum

See designated public forum under PUBLIC FORUM.

traditional public forum

Public property that has by long tradition - as opposed to governmental designation - been used by the public for assembly and expression, such as a public street, public sidewalk, or public park. ( To be constitutional, the government's content-neutral restrictions of the time, place, or manner of expression must be narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and leave open ample alternative channels of communication. Any government regulation of expression that is based on the content of the expression must meet the even higher constitutional test of being narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest.

traditionary evidence

See EVIDENCE.