Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Unreasonable

adj. 1. Not guided by reason; irrational or capricious. 2. Not supported by a valid exception to the warrant requirement <unreasonable search and seizure>. unreasonable compensation See COMPENSATION.

unreasonable compensation

Under the Internal Revenue Code, pay that is out of proportion to the actual services rendered and is therefore not deductible.

unreasonable decision

An administrative agency's decision that is so obviously wrong that there can be no difference of opinion among reasonable minds about its erroneous nature.

unreasonable refusal to submit to operation

Workers' compensation. An injured employee's refusal to submit to a necessary surgical procedure. ( This refusal is grounds for terminating the employee's workers'-compensation benefits.

unreasonable restraint of trade

A restraint of trade that produces a significant anticompetitive effect and thus violates antitrust law.

unreasonable restraint on alienation

See RESTRAINT ON ALIENATION (1).

unreasonable search

A search conducted without probable cause or other considerations that would make it legally permissible. - Also termed illegal search.