Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Artificial succession
see succession (4).
Bigamus seu trigamus, etc., est qui diversis temporibus et successive duas seu tres uxores habuit
A bigamus or trigamus, etc., is one who has had two or more wives in succession, each at a different time. 3 Co. Inst. 88.
Dolus auctoris non nocet successori
The fraud of a predecessor does not prejudice the successor.
Frater fratri uterino non succedit in haereditate paterna
A brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the paternal inheritance.
Haereditas est successio in universum jus quod defunctus habuerat
Inheritance is the succession to every right possessed by the late possessor.
Haereditas nihil aliud est quam successio in universum jus, quod defunctus habuerat.
The right of inheritance is nothing other than the faculty of succeeding to all the rights of the deceased.
In judiciis minori aetati succurritur
In judicial proceedings, allowance is made for a minor (in age).
In omnibus (fere) poenalibus judiciis, et aetati et imprudentiae succurritur
In almost all penal judgments, allowance is made for age (or youth) and lack of discretion. Dig. 50.17.108.
In restitutionem, non in poenam, haeres succedit
The heir succeeds to the restitution, not the penalty.
Jus superveniens auctori accrescit successori
An additional or enhanced right for the possessor accrues to the successor.
Lex succurrit ignoranti
The law assists the ignorant.
Lex succurrit minoribus
The law assists minors.
Non valebit felonis generatio nee ad haereditatem paternam vel maternam; si autem ante feloniam generationem- fecerit, talis generatio succedit in haereditate patris vel matris a quo non fuerit feloni
The offspring of a felon cannot succeed either to a maternal or paternal inheritance; but if the felon had offspring before the felony, the offspring may succeed to the inheritance of the father or mother by whom no felony was committed.
Nunquam res humanae prospere succedunt ubi negliguntur divinae
Human affairs never prosper when divine ones are neglected.
Pretium succedit in locum rei
The price takes the place of the thing sold.
Qui in jus dominiumve alterius succedit jure qjus uti debet
One who succeeds to another's right or property ought to use that person's right.( That is, the successor has the same rights and liabilities as attached to that property or interest in the hands of the assignor.
Quod ipsis, qui contraxerunt, obstat, et successoribus eorum obstabit
That which bars those who have contracted will bar their successors also.
Successio
n. [Latin] Roman law. A succession to something, as to an estate by will or by the laws of intestacy.
Succession
n 1 The act or right of legally or officially taking over a predecessor's office, rank, or duties. 2. The acquisition of rights or property by inheritance under the laws of descent and distribution; DESCENT (1). - succeed, vb.
Successional
adj. Of or relating to acquiring rights or property by inheritance under the laws of descent and distribution.
Successive
adj. 1. Archaic. (Of an estate) hereditary. 2. (Of persons, things, appointments, etc.) following in order; consecutive.
Successor
1 A person who succeeds to the office, rights, responsibilities, or place of another; one who replaces or follows another. 2. A corporation that, through amalgamation, consolidation, or other assumption of interests, is vested with the rights and duties of an earlier corporation.
Succurritur minori; facilis est lapsus juventutis
Aid is given to a minor; easy is the slipup of youth (i.e., youth is liable to err).
UCC
abbr. 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. 2. UNI. VERSAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION.
UCC battle of the forms
See BATTLE of THE FORMS.
UCCC
abbr. UNIFORM CONSUMER CREDIT CODE.
UCCJA
abbr. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDIC. TION ACT.
domicile of succession
The domicile that determines the succession of a person's estate.
electronic chattel paper. Chattel paper evidenced by a record or records consisting of information stored in an electronic medium and retrievable in perceivable form. UCC § 9-102(a)(22).tangible chatt
See CHATTEL.
hereditary succession
Succession by the common law of descent. See DESCENT; TESTATE SUCCESSION; INTESTATE SUCCESSION.
hereditary succession.
See SUCCESSION (2).
intestate succession
See INTESTATE SUCCESSION.
intestate succession.
The method used to distribute property owned by a person who dies without a valid will. - Also termed hereditary succession. Cf TESTATE SUCCESSION.
irregular succession
Succession by special laws favoring certain persons or the state, rather than heirs (such as testamentary heirs) under the ordinary laws of descent.
legal succession
The succession established by law, usu. in favor of the nearest relation of a deceased person.
likelihood-of-success-on-the-merits test
Civil procedure. The rule that a litigant who seeks a preliminary injunction, or seeks to forestall the effects of a judgment during appeal, must show a reasonable probability of success in the litigation or appeal.
natural succession
Succession between natural persons, as in descent on the death of an ancestor.
particular successor
Civil law. One who succeeds to rights and obligations that pertain only to the property conveyed.
perpetual succession
The continuous succession of a corporation - despite changes in shareholders and officers - for as long as the corporation legally exists. "As a general rule, the words perpetual succession,' as used in charters, often in connection with a further provision limiting the period of corporate existence to a certain number of years, mean nothing more than that the corporation shall have continuous and uninterrupted succession so long as it shall continue to exist as a corporation, and are not intended to define its duration." 18 Am. Jur. 2d Corporations § 69, at 883 (1985).
rapport & succession
n. [French "return to succession"] Civil law. The restoration to an estate of property that an heir received in advance from the decedent, so that an even distribution may be made among all the heirs. Cf. HOTCHPOT.
singular successor
One who succeeds to a former owner's rights in a single piece of property.
spes successionis
[Latin "hope of succession"] Hope of succeeding to a right. "A mere spes successionis must be distinguished from a contingent right. If Matilda has nursed her invalid friend for thirty years, she may have every hope of succeeding to the property, but she has no right." George Whitecross Paton, A Textbook of Jurisprudence 306 (G.W. Paton & David P. Derham eds., 4th ed. 1972).
statutory successor
The person to whom all corporate assets pass upon a corporation's dissolution according to the statute of the state of incorporation applicable at the time of the dissolution. See Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws § 388 cmt. a (1971).
successful party
See prevailing party under PARTY (2).
successful party.
See prevailing party.
successio in universum jus
[Latin "succession to universal right"] Roman law. The succession on death of the entirety of a deceased person's assets and liabilities. See HEREDITAS JACENS.
succession tax
See inheritance tax.
successive tortfeasors
Two or more tortfeasors whose negligence occurs at different times and causes different injuries to the same third party.
successor fiduciary
A fiduciary who is appointed to succeed or replace a prior one.
successor in interest
One who follows another in ownership or control of property. ( A successor in interest retains the same rights as the original owner, with no change in substance.