Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Avoucher
hist. A tenant's calling upon a warrantor of title to the land to help the tenant defend the title.
Vouch
vb. 1. To answer for (another); to personally assure <the suspect's mother vouched for him>. 2. To call upon, rely on, or cite as authority; to substantiate with evidence <counsel vouched the mathematical formula for determining the statistical probability>. 3. Hist. To call into court to warrant and defend, usu. in a fine and recovery. See FINE (1). 4. Hist. To authenticate (a claim, etc.) by vouchers.
Voucher
, n. 1. Confirmation of the payment or discharge of a debt; a receipt. 2. A written or printed authorization to disburse money. 3. Hist. A person who calls on another person (the vouchee) as a witness, esp. in support of a warranty of title. 4. Hist. The tenant in a writ of right.
double voucher
In a common-recovery suit, a voucher first by the fictitious tenant to the real tenant, and then by the real tenant to th, common vouchee. See COMMON RECOVERY."The recovery, here described, is with a single vouc: only; but sometimes it is with double ... or farther voucher, as the exigency of the case may require. And indeed it is now usual always to have a recovery with double voucher at the least; by first co
vouch over
, vb. To cite (a person) into court in one's stead.
vouchee
, n. Hist. 1. A person vouched into court; one who has been vouched over. See VOUCH OVER. 2. A person cited as authority in support of some fact.
voucher to warranty
Hist. The calling into court of a person who has warranted lands, by the person warranted, to come and defend a lawsuit.
vouching-in
1. At common law, a procedural device by which a defendant may give notice of suit to a third party who is liable over to the defendant on the subject-matter of the suit, so that the third party will be bound by the court's decision. ( Although this device has been largely replaced by third-party practice, it still remains marginally available under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Philadelphia Ship Maintenance Co., 444 F.2d 727, 735 (3d Cir. 1971). 2. The invitation of a person who is liable to a defendant in a lawsuit to intervene and defend so that, if the invitation is denied and the defendant later sues the person invited, the latter is bound by any determination of fact common to the two lawsuits. See UCC ยง 2-607. 3. IMPLEADER.