Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Vicar
1. One who performs the functions of another; a substitute. 2. The incumbent of an appropriated impropriated ecclesiastical benefice. Cf. RECTOR.
Vicarius non habet vicarium
A deputy does not have a deputy.
Vicarship
The office, function, or duty of a vicar. - Also termed vicarage.
vicar general
An ecclesiastical officer who helps the archbishop in the discharge of his office.
vicarage
1. The benefice of a vicar. 2. The house or household of a vicar. 3. VICARSHIP.
vicarial tithe
A small tithe payable to a vicar.
vicarious
, adj. Performed or suffered by one person as substitute for another; indirect; surrogate.
vicarious disqualification
Disqualification of all the lawyers in a firm or in an office because one of the lawyers is ethically disqualified from representing the client at issue. - Also termed imputed disqualification"In general, disqualification of a lawyer from representation, at least in multiple client-conflict scenarios, means disqualification of that lawyer's entire firm from the same representation. When a lawyer has been exclusively or chiefly responsible for
vicarious infringement
See INFRINGEMENT.
vicarious liability
Liability that a supervisory party (such as an employer) bears for the actionable conduct of a subordinate or associate (such as an employee) because of the relationship between the two parties. See RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR. liability bond See BOND (2).
vicarius apostolicus
, n. [Latin "apostolic vicar"] Eccles. law. An officer through whom the Pope exercises authority in remote regions. ( This officer is sometimes sent with episcopal functions into provinces where there is no bishop resident or where there has long been a vacancy in the see.