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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Wrongful

adj. 1. Characterized by unfairness or injustice <wrongful military invasion>. 2. Contrary to law; unlawful <wrongful termination . 3. (Of a person) not entitled to the position occupied <wrongful possessor>. -wrongfully, adu. wrongful act. See WRONGFUL CONDUCT.

conversion by wrongful delivery

Conversion by depriving an owner of goods by delivering them to someone else so as to change the possession.

conversion by wrongful destruction

Conversion by willfully consuming or otherwise destroying a chattel belonging to another person.

conversion by wrongful disposition

Conversion by depriving an owner of goods by giving some other person a lawful title to them.

wrongful conduct

An act taken in violation of a legal duty; an act that unjustly infringes on another's rights. - Also termed wrongful act.

wrongful discharge

See DISCHARGE (7).

wrongful discharge.

A discharge for reasons that are illegal or that violate public policy.8. The dismissal of a member of the armed services from military service <the sergeant was honorably discharged>. - discharge (dis-chahrj), ub.

wrongful dishonor

n. A refusal to accept or pay (a negotiable instrument) when it is properly presented and is payable. Cf. DISHONOR.

wrongful garnishment

1. An improper or tortious garnisshment. 2. A cause of action against a garnisher for improperly or tortiously filing a garnishment proceeding.2. The judicial order by which such a turnover is effected. Cf. ATTACHMENT (1); SEQUESTRATION

wrongful levy

A levy on a third party's property that is not subject to a writ of execution.

wrongful-birth action

A lawsuit brought by parents against a doctor for failing to advise them prospectively about the risks of their having a child with birth defects. wrongful-conception action See WRONGFULPREGNANCY ACTION.

wrongful-death action

A lawsuit brought on behalf of a decedent's survivors for their damages resulting from a tortious injury that caused the decedent's death. - Also termed death action; death case. Cf. SURVIVAL ACTION.

wrongful-death statute

A statute authorizing a decedent's personal representative to bring a wrongful-death action for the benefit of certain beneficiaries

wrongful-discharge action

A lawsuit brought by an ex-employee against the former employer, alleging that the termination of employment violated a contract or was illegal. - Also termed wrongful-termination action.

wrongful-life action

A lawsuit brought by or on behalf of a child with birth defects, alleging that but for the doctor-defendant's negligent advice, the parents would not have conceived the child, or if they had, they would have aborted the fetus to avoid the pain and suffering resulting from the child's congenital defects. ( Most jurisdictions reject these claims.

wrongful-pregnancy action

A lawsuit brought by a parent for damages resulting from a pregnancy following a failed sterilization. -Also termed wrongful-conception action. wrongful process See ABUSE OF PROCESS.

wrongful-termination action

See WR.ONGFULDISCHARGE ACTION.