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.