Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Jaywalking
n. The act or instance of crossing a street without heeding traffic regulations, as by crossing between intersections or at a place other than a crosswalk. -jaywalk, vb.
Nightwalker
1. Hist. A person who suspiciously wanders about at night and who might disturb the peace. ( Nightwalking was an example of a "common" offense requiring no specific facts to be asserted in the indictment. 2. A sleepwalker. 3. A prostitute who walks the streets at night; streetwalker.
Walk
, ub. Slang. 1. To be acquitted <though charged with three thefts, Robinson walked each time >. 2. To escape any type of real punishment <despite the seriousness of the crime, Selvidge spent only two nights in jail, and when convicted had to pay a fine of only $750: he walked>.
Walker
n. Hist. A forester who inspects an assigned area of land.
Walkout
1. STRIKE. 2. Loosely, the act of leaving a work assignment, meeting, or other event as a show of protest.