Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Cessante ratione legis cessat et ipsa lex.
When the reason of the law ceases, the law itself also ceases.
Classified tax.
See TAX.
Eadem est ratio, eadem est lex.
(If) the reason is the same, the law is the same.
Est ipsorum legislatorum tanquam viar. vox.
The voice of the legislators themselves is like a living voice. ( That is, the provisions of a statute are to be understood and interpreted j,_
X.
1. A mark serving as the signature of a person who is physically handicapped or illiterate. The signer's name usu. appears near the mark, and if the mark is to be notarized as a signature, two signing witnesses are ordinarily required in addition to the notary public. 2. A symbol equivalent to "by" when used in giving dimensions, as in 3 x 5 inches. 3. A mark placed on a document (such as an application) to indicate a selection such as "yes" or "no"; esp., a mark on a ballot to indicate a vote.
ad valorem tax.
see tax.
advance-decline index.
see index (2).
bill of Middlesex.
Hist. A process by which the Court of the King's Bench in Middlesex obtains jurisdiction over a defendant who resides in a county outside the jurisdiction of the Court, by alleging a fictitious trespass in a county over which the court has jurisdiction. 0 Once the sheriff returns the bill noting that the defendant is not in the county where the trespass occurred, a latitat is issued to the sheriff of the defendant's actual residence. See LATITAT. "The bill of Middlesex . . . is a kind of capias, directed to the sheriff of that county, and commanding him to take the defendant and have him before our lord the king at Westminster on a day prefixed, to answer to the plaintiff of a plea of trespass. For this accusation of trespass it is, that gives the court of king's bench jurisdiction in other civil causes, as was formerly observed; since when once the defendant is taken into custody ... of this court,
deed box.
Archaic. A box in which deeds of land title are traditionally kept. a Such a box is considered an heirloom in the strict sense. See HEIRLOOM (1).
delinquent tax.
See TAx.
ex. 1
Former < ex-wife > . 2. Without < ex rights>. 3. From <ex cathedra>. 4. (usu. cap.) abbr. Exhibit <Ex. 4>. 5. abbr. Example <this is but one ex. of several that might be cited>. 6. abbr. EXCHEQUER.
ex. ord.
abbr. EXECUTIVE ORDER.
export tax.
See TAX.
exrx. Abbr
EXECUTRIX.
flat tax.
See TAX.
floor tax.
See TAX.
graduated tax.
See progressive tax under TAX.
grantee-grantor index.
See INDEX (1).
green wax.
(pl.) Hist. An Exchequer order (an estreat) directing a sheriff to collect the fines and amercements listed in the order. 0 The name derives from the color of the wax the Exchequer used on the estreat to certify its authenticity. See ESTREAT.
gross-income tax.
See TAX.
gross-receipts tax.
See gross-income tax under TAX.
head tax.
1. See poll tax under TAX. 2. HEAD MONEY (3).
highway tax.
See TAX.
holding-company tax.
See TAX.
illegal tax.
See erroneous tax under TAX.
indirect tax.
See TAX.
regressive tax.
See TAX.
repressive tax.
See sin tax under TAx.
sales mix.
The relative combination of individual-product sales to total sales.
sales tax.
See TAX.
same sex. sexual harassment
See SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
sex.
1. The sum of the peculiarities of structure and function that distinguish a male from a female organism. 2. Sexual intercourse. 3. SEXUAL RELATIONS (2)
short sale against the box.
See SALE.
vend. ex.
abbr. VENDITIONI EXPONAS.
withholding tax withholding tax.
See TAX.