Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A summo remedio ad in feriorem actionem non habetur regressus neque auxilium
From the highest remedy to an inferior action there is no recourse or assistance.
Abettator
[Law Latin] Archaic. See ABETTOR.
Abettor
A person who encourages or assists in the commission of a crime. - Also spelled abetter. - Also termed principal in the second degree; (archaically) abettator.
Actus judiciarius coram non judice irritus habetur; de ministeriali autem a quocunque provenit ratum esto
A judicial act before one not a judge (or without jurisdiction) is void; as to a ministerial act, from whomsoever it proceeds, let it be valid.
Actus servi, in its quibus opera ejus communiter adhibita est, actus domini habetur
The act of a servant in those things in which he is usually employed is considered the act of his master.
Annus inceptus pro completo habetur.
A year begun is held as completed. & Said to be of very limited application.
Cancellarii angliae dignitas est, ut secundus a rege in regno habetur
The dignity of the chancellor of England is (such) that he is considered in the realm from the sovereign.
Conditio illicita habetur pro non adjecta.
An unlawful condition is considered unconnected.
Confessus in judicio pro judicato habetur et quodammodo sua sententia damnatur
A person who has confessed his guilt when arraigned is considered to have been tried and is, as it were, condemned by his own sentence.
Cui pater est populus non habet ille patrem.
That person to whom the people is father has not a father.
Cum par delictum est duorum, semper oneratur petitor, et melior habetur possessoris causa
Where two parties are equally at fault, the claimant always is at the disadvantage, and the party in possession has the better cause.
Curatus non habet titulum
A curate has no title (to tithes).
Dies inceptus pro completo habetur
A day begun is held as complete.
Dies incertus pro conditione habetur
An uncertain day is considered as a condition.
Dominus capitalis loco haeredis habetur, quoties per defectum vel delictum extinguitur sanguis sui tenentis
The supreme lord takes the place of the heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime.
Eventus varios res nova senxper habet
A novel matter always produces various result,
Executio legis non habet injuriam
Execution of the law cannot work an injury.
Exterus non habet terms
An alien holds no lands.
Fictio est contra veritatem, sed pro veritate habetur
Fiction is contrarv to the truth, but it is regarded as truth.
Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominium rei
There is not theft where the holder has a beginning of detention (began holding the object) through ownership of the thing.
In facto quod se habet ad bonum et malum magis de bona quam de malo lex intendit.
In an act (or deed) that may be considered good or bad, the law looks more to the good than to the bad.
Incaute factum pro non facto habetur
An alteration done carelessly (inadvertently) will be taken as not done. Dig. 28.4.1.
Independenter se habet assecuratio a viaggio navis.
The route insured is distinct from the voyage of the ship.
Judici satis poena est quod Deum habet ultorem
It is punishment enough for a judge that he has God to take vengeance upon him.
Jus accrescendi inter mercatores locum non habet, pro beneficio commercii
For the good of commerce, the right of survivorship has no place among merchants.
Jus naturale est quod spud homines eandem habet potentiam
Natural right is that which has the same force among (all) mankind.
Malum non habet effscientem sed deficientem causam
Evil has not an efficient but a deficient cause.
Melior est conditio possidentis, ubi neuter jus habet
Better is the condition of the possessor where neither of the two has the right.
Necessitas non habet legem
Necessity has no law.
Nee veniam effuso sanguine casus habet
Where blood has been spilled, the case is unpardonable.
Nee veniam, laeso numine, casus habet
Where the Divinity has been insulted, the case is unpardonable.
Negligentia semper habet infortuniam comitem
Negligence always has misfortune for a companion.
Nemo damnum facit, nisi qui id fecit quod facere jus non habet
No one does damage except the person who did what he has no right to do.
Nemo dare potest quod non habet
No one can give that which he does not have.
Nemo dat qui non habet
No one gives who does not possess.
Nemo potest plus juris ad alium transferre quam ipse habet
No one can transfer to another a greater right than he himself (actually) has. Co. Litt. 309.
Nihil dat qui non habet
A person gives nothing who has nothing.
Nihil de re accrescit ei qui nihil in re quando jus accresceret habet
Nothing from a property accrues to a person who had no interest in the property when the right accrued. Co. Litt. 188.
Nihil habet forum ex scena
The court has nothing to do with what is not before it.
Non alio modo puniatur aliquis, quam secundum quod se habet condemnatio
A person may not be punished otherwise than according to what the sentence enjoins.
Non dat qui non habet
A person who does not have does not give.
Nulla curia quae recordum non habet potest imponere finem neque aliquem rnandare carceri; quia ista spectant tantummodo ad curias de recordo
No court that does not have a record can impose a fine or commit any person to prison; because those powers look only to courts of record.
Nullus dicitur felo principalis nisi actor aut qui praesens est, abettans aut auxilians actorem ad feloniam faciendam
No one is called a principal felon except the party actually committing the felony, or the party who was present aiding and abetting the perpetrator in its commission.
Omne magnum erernplunt habet alicyuid c:r iniquo, quod publica utilitate compensa Tur
Every great example has some portion evil, which is compensated by its public utility.
Omnis indemnatus pro innoxio legibus habetur
Every uncondemned person is held by the law as innocent.
Par in parem imperium non habet
An equal has no power over an equal.
Posthumus pro nato habetur
A posthumous child is considered as though born (before the father's death).
Pro possessore habetur qui dolo injuriave desiit possidere
A person is considered a possessor who has ceased possession through fraud or injury.
Quaelibet jurisdictio cancellos suos habet
Every jurisdiction has its boundaries.
Qui habet jurisdictionem absolvendi, habet jurisdictionem ligandi
One who has jurisdiction for dissolving (an obligation) has jurisdiction to bind.