Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita esl potest fieri; et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto

Even if alienation is prohibited, it may yet take place by the consent of all in whose favor it is prohibited; it is in the power of anyone to renounce a right introduced for his own benefit.

Cuilibet licit juri pro se introducto renunciare

Anyone may waive or renounce the benefit of a principle or rule of law that exists only for his protection.

Cum aliquis renunciaverit societati, solvitur societas

When any partner has renounced the partnership, the partnership is dissolved.

Denunciation

See DENOUNCEMENT.

Omnes licentiam habere his quae pro se indulta sunt renunciare

All have liberty to renounce these things that have been granted in their favor.

Potest quis renunciare, pro se et suis, jus quod pro se introductum est

A person may relinquish, for himself and his heirs, a right that was introduced for his own benefit.

Pronunciation

Archaic. A sentence or decree.

Qui semel actionem renunciaverit, amplius repetere non potest

A litigant who has once renounced his action cannot bring it any longer.

Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se inducto

Anyone may renounce a right introduced for his own benefit.

Uncia

[Latin] 1. Roman law. Onetwelfth of the as (a pound or, by analogy, an estate or inheritance). ( The English word ounce is derived from this term. Cf. AS; BES. 2. Hist. A measure of land used in a royal charter. ( The size of an uncia is unclear, but it may have measured 1,200 square feet (i.e., 12 modii). 3. Generally, the proportion of onetwelfth.

Veritatem qui non libere pronunciat, proditor est veritatis

One who does not speak the truth freely is a traitor to the truth.

enunciate

vb. 1. To state publicly; to announce or proclaim <the court enunciated a new doctrine yesterday>. 2. To articulate or pronounce <enunciate your syllables more clearly when you speak>. - enunciation, n. - enunciable, adj. - enunciator, n.

renunciation

n. 1. The express or tacit abandonment of a right without transferring it to another. 2. Criminal law. Complete and voluntary abandonment of criminal purpose - sometimes coupled with an attempt to thwart the activity's success - before a crime is committed. 0 Renunciation can be an affirmative defense to attempt, conspiracy, and the like. Model Penal Code ยง 5.01(4) (1997). -Also termed withdrawal; abandonment. 3. Wills & estates. The act of waiving a right under a will and claiming instead a statutory share. See RIGHT OF ELECTION. - renounce, ub. - renunciative, renunciatory, adj.

unciarius heres

[Latin] Roman law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or inheritance.