Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Release from a penalty; the act of absolving. 2. Civil law. An acquittal of a criminal charge. 3. Eccles. law. Official forgiveness of sins.

Hist. Letters issued by an abbot releasing a member of his order from his vows of obedience to that order, thus permitting entry into another order.