Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
adjudication
n. 1. The legal process of resolving a dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case. 2. JUDGMENT. 3. Scots lain. A method of transferring heritable land to a creditor as security for or in satisfaction of a debt.
administrative adjudication.
The process used by an administrative agency to issue regulations through an adversary proceeding. Cf RULEMAKING.
agency adjudication
see administrative proceeding.
deferred adjudication
See deferred judgment under JUDGMENT.
deferred-adjudication probation
See deferred judgment under JUDGMENT.
former adjudication
An adjudication in a prior action that resulted in a final determination of the rights of the parties or essential fact questions, the result of which bars relitigation. ( Collateral estoppel and res judicata are the two types of former adjudication. See COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL; RES JUDICATA.
summary adjudication
See partial summary judgment under SUMMARY JUDGMENT. summary conviction See CONVICTION.