Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Swear
ub. 1. To administer an oath to (a person). 2. To take an oath. 3. To use obscene or profane language.
Wear
n. [fr. Saxon were "a taking"] Hist. A dam made of stakes interlaced by twigs of willows that are placed across a river to more easily accommodate the netting of fish. - Also termed weir.
fair wear and tear
See WEAR AND TEAR.
forswearing
n. 1. The act of repudiating or renouncing under oath. 2. PERJURY. - forswear, ub.
natural wear and tear
The depreciation of property resulting from its ordinary and reasonable use.
swear out
ub. To obtain the issue of (an arrest warrant) by making a charge under oath <Franklin swore out a complaint against Sutton .
swearing contest
See SWEARING MATCH.
swearing match
A dispute in which determining a vital fact involves the credibility choice between one witness's word and another's -the two being irreconcilably in conflict and there being no other evidence. 0 In such a dispute, the fact-finder is generally thought to believe the more reputable witness, such as a police officer over a convicted drug-dealer. -Also termed swearing contest; oath against an oath.
swearing the peace
Hist. The giving of proof to a magistrate that one fears for one's own safety, so that the magistrate will order the troublemaker to keep the peace by issuing a supplicavit. See SUPPLICAVIT.
swearing-in
n. The administration of an oath to a person who is taking office or testifying in a legal proceeding. See OATH.
wear and tear
Deterioration caused by ordinary use <the tenant is not liable for normal wear and tear to the leased premises>. - Also termed fair wear and tear. "'Fair wear' is the deterioration caused by the reasonable use of the premises; 'fair tear' is the deterioration caused by the ordinary operation of natural forces. A tenant's repairing covenant commonly exempts the tenant from the obligation to repair damage characterisable as 'fair wear and tear' (sometimes called 'reasonable wear and tear'). In the absence of such an exempting provision, a covenant to repair requires the repairing of damage characterisable as fair wear and tear. Where a covenant to repair exempts the tenant from liability for 'fair wear and tear', he is not responsible for deterioration or dilapidation caused by 'the reasonable use of the house by the tenant and the ordinary operation of natural forces.' " Peter Butt, Land Lain 256 (2d ed. 1988).