Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assignment of wages
a transfer of the right to collect wages from the wage earner to a creditor. - also termed assignment of income.
Attachment of wages
the attachment by a plaintiff of a defendant's earnings as an employee. ( in some jurisdictions, an attachment-of-earnings order requires the defendant's employer to deduct a specified sum from the defendant's wages or salary and to pay the money into court. The court then sends the money to the plaintiff. - also termed attachment of earnings. Cf. Garnishment.
Ewage
n. [Law French] Hist. A toll paid for water passage.
Stowage
Maritime law. 1. The storing; packing, or arranging of cargo on a vessel t' protect the goods from friction, bruising, of water damage during a voyage. ( The bill of lading will often prescribe the method of stowage to be used. 2. The place (such as a ship's hull) where goods are stored. 3. The goods so stored. 4. A fee paid for the storage of goods; a storage fee.
Towage
n. 1. The act or service of towing ships and vessels, usu. by means of a small vessel called a tug. 2. The charge for such a service.
Wage
, vb. 1. To engage in (a war, etc.). 2. Archaic. To give security for (a performance, etc.). Cf GAGE.
Wage assignment.
An assignment by an employee of a portion of the employee's pay to another (such as a creditor).the instrument of transfer <the assignment was appended to the contract>. 4. A task, job, or appointment <the student's math assignment> <assignment as ambassador to a r •reign country>.]
Wager
n. 1. Money or other consideration risked on an uncertain event; a bet or gamble. 2. A promise to pay money or other consideration on the occurrence of an uncertain event. 3. See wagering contract under CONTRACT. -wager, ub. - wagerer, n.
covered wages
Wages on which a person is required to pay social-security taxes.
current wages
Wages for the current period; wages that are not past due.
dowager
A widow holding property or title - esp. a life estate in real property -received from her deceased husband.
dowager-queen
The widow of the king of England. - Also termed queen dowager; queen mother."A queen dowager is the widow of the king, and as such enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. But it is not high treason to conspire her death; or to violate her chastity ... because the succession to the crown is not thereby endangered. Yet still, ... no man can marry a queen dowager without special licence from the king, on pain of forfeiting his lands and goods .... A queen dowager, when married again to a subject, doth not lose her regal dignity, as peeresses dowager do their peerage when they marry commoners." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 217 (1765).
flowage easement
A common-law easement that gives the dominant-estate owner the right to flood a servant estate, as when land near a dam is flooded to maintain the dam or to control the water level in a reservoir.
flowage.
The natural movement of water from a dominant estate to a servient estate. ( It is a privilege or easement of the owner of the upper estate and a servitude of the lower estate.
front wages
Prospective compensation paid to a victim of job discrimination until the denied position becomes available.
front wages.
See WAGE.
guaranteed annual wage plan. Labor law
A wage-payment method in which the employer agrees either to pay employees a predetermined minimum sum each year or to provide a minimum number of hours of employment each year. 0 A wide variety of guaranteed annual wage plans are used. For example, an employer may agree to pay employees wages for each week in the year, even though work may not be available at certain times of the year. The purpose of such a plan is to provide a stable labor force year-round.
minimum wage
The lowest permissible hourly rate of compensation for labor, as established by federal statute and required of employers engaged in interstate commerce. 29 USCA § 206.
noncovered wages
Wages on which a person is not required to pay social-security taxes.
queen dowager
See DOWAGER-QUEEN.
real wages
Wages representing the true purchasing power of the dollar, derived by dividing a price index into money wages.
real wages.
See WAGE.
trial by wager of battle
Hist. See TRIAL BY COMBAT.
wage and price controls
A system of-government-mandated maximum prices that can be charged for different goods and services or paid to various workers in different jobs. wage-and-price freeze See FREEZE.
wage assignment
See ASSIGNMENT (2)
wage-and-hour law
A law (such as the federal Fair Labor Standards Act) governing minimum wages and maximum working hours for employees.
wage-and-price freeze
A period when the government forbids the increase of wages and prices. 2. A re capitalization of a closed corporation so that the value of its existing capital is concentrated primarily in preferred stock rather than in common stock. ( By freezing capital, the owner can transfer the common stock to heirs without taxation while continuing to enjoy preferred-stock income during the owner's lifetime, while the common stock grows.
wage-earner's plan
See CHAPTER 13.
wager of battle
See TRIAL BY COMBAT
wager of law
Hist. A method of proof in which a person defends against a claim by swearing that the claim is groundless, and by enlisting others (compurgators) to swear to the defendant's credibility. - Also termed gager del ley (gay jar del lay);
wager policy
An insurance policy issued to a person who is shown to have no insurable interest in the person or property covered by the policy. ( Wager policies are illegal in most states. - Also termed gambling policy. See insurable interest under INTEREST (2). Cf. interest policy.
wagering contract
See CONTRACT,