Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Baby act, pleading the. Slang

asserting a person's infancy as a defense to a contract claim made by a minor.

abstract,

A concise statement of a text, esp. of a legal document; a summary. See ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT; ABSTRACT OF TITLE.

act,

n. 1. Something done or performed, asp. voluntarily; a deed. [Alct' or action' means a bodily movement whether voluntary or involuntary . . . . " Model Penal Code § 1.13 2. The process of doing or performing; an occurrence that results from a person's will being exerted on the external world; ACTION (1). - Also termed positi

contract, freedom of

See FREEDOM OF CON. TRACT.

implied in fact,

adj. Inferable from the facts of the case.