Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
adversary
an opponent; esp., opposing counsel. adversary, adversarial, adj.
adversary procedure
see adversary system.
adversary proceeding
a hearing involving a dispute between opposing parties <judge adams presided over the adversary proceeding between the landlord and tenant>. 2. bankruptcy. a lawsuit that is brought within a bankruptcy proceeding, governed by special procedural rules, and based on conflicting claims usu. between the debtor (or the trustee) and a creditor or other interested party <the chapter 7 trustee filed an adversary proceeding against the party who received $100,000 from the debtor one week before the bankruptcy filing>.
adversary system
a procedural system, such as the anglo-american legal system, involving active and unhindered parties contesting with each other to put forth a case before an independent decision-maker. - also termed adversary procedure and (in criminal cases) accusatorial system or accusatory procedure. cf. inquisitorial system.