Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Leges vigilantibus, non dormientibus subveniunt

The laws aid those who keep watch, not those who sleep (that is, the vigilant, not the negligent).

Lex vigilantibus, non dormientibus, subvenit

Law aids the watchful, not the sleeping.

Vigilant

adj. Watchful and cautious; on the alert; attentive to discover and avoid danger.

Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt

The laws aid the vigilant, not those who sleep.

vigilante

A person who seeks to avenge a crime by taking the law into his or her own hands.

vigilantism

The act of a citizen who takes the law into his or her own hands by apprehending and punishing suspected criminals.