Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Aqua cedit solo.
The water goes with the ground. ( A grant of the land includes the water on it.
Bello parta cedunt reipublicae
Things acquired in war go to the state.
Cohaeredes una persona censentur, propter unitatem juris quod habent
Coheirs are deemed as one person, on account of the unity of right that they possess.
L'ou le ley done chose, la ceo done remedie a vener a ceo
Where the law gives a right, it gives a remedy to recover.
Nimia certitudo certitudinem ipsam destruit
Too great certainty destroys certainty itself.
Omnes actiones in mundo infra certa tempora habent limitationem
All actions in the world are limited within certain periods.
Omnis querela et omnis actio injuriarum limitata est infra certa tempora
Every plaint and every action for injuries is limited within fixed times.
Quamvis lex generaliter loquitur, restringenda tamen est, ut cessante ratione et ipsa cessat
Although a law speaks generally, it must bear some restriction, since the law ceases (or loses effect) when the reason ceases.
Quod aediftcatur in area legata cedit legato
Whatever is built upon land given by will passes with the gift of the land.
Sigillum est cera impressa, quia cera sine impressione non est sigillum
A seal is a piece of wax impressed, because wax without an impression is not a seal.
a ce
adu. [Law French] For this purpose:
a cel jour
adu. [Law French] At this day.
comitia centuriata
An assembly of the entire populace, voting by centuries (that is, military units) empowered to elect magistrates and to act as a court of appeal in a capital matter.
de ea re ita censuere
[Latin] Concerning that matter they have so decreed. ( This phrase was used to record decrees of the Roman senate. - Abbr. d.e.r.i.c.
finement in a certain place.
A milder form of relegatio was the exclusion of the wrongdoer from residence in a specified territory. Illicit return was punished with the death penalty." Adolf Berger, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law 673 (1953).
magna centum
n. [Law Lat in "great hundred"] Six score, or 120.