Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
ad respondendum
[latin] to answer. see capias ad respondendum under capias; habeas corpus ad respondendum under habeas corpus.
capias ad respondendum
[Latin "that you take to answer"] A writ commanding the sheriff to take the defendant into custody to ensure that the defendant will appear in court. - Abbr. ca. resp.
habeas corpus ad respondendum
[Law Latin "that you have the body to respond"] Hist. A writ used in civil cases to remove a person from one court's custody into that of another court, in which the person may then be sued.
venire facias ad respondendum
A writ requiring a sheriff to summon a person against whom an indictment for a misdemeanor has been issued. 0 A warrant is now more commonly used.