Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ad quaestiones facti non respondent judices; ad quaestiones legis non respondent juratores
Judges do not answer questions of fact; jurors do not answer questions of law.
Ad quaestiones legis judices, et non juratores, respondent
Judges, and not jurors, answer questions of law.
Aestimatio praeteriti delicti ex postremo facto nunquam crescit
The assessment of a past offense never increases from a subsequent fact.
Ambiguis casibus semper praesumitur pro rege
In doubtful cases the presumption is always in favor of the king.
Assisa ultimae praesentationis
mee pree-zan-tay-shee-oh-nis or prez-an-), n.[law latin] see assize o f darrein presentment under assize (7).
Chirographum apud debitorem repertum praesumitur solutum
When the evidence (or voucher) is found in the debtor's possession, the debt is presumed to be paid.
Chirographum non extans praesumitur solutum
When the evidence of a debt is not in existence, it is presumed to have been discharged.
Clausula vel dispositio inutilis per praesumptionem remotam vel causam ex post facto non fulcitur
A useless clause or disposition is not supported by a remote presumption or by a cause arising afterwards. ( A useless clause or disposition is one that expresses no more than the law by intendment would have supplied; it is not supported by a remote presumption or foreign intendment of some purpose, in regard whereof it might be material, or by a cause arising afterwards that may induce an operation of those idle words.
Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum quaestum convertendum
Commerce, by the law of nations, ought to be common and not converted into a monopoly and the private gain of a few.
Consuetudo praescripta et legitima vincit legem
A prescriptive and lawful custom overrides the law.
Contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio
No prescription runs against a person unable to act (or bring an action).
Corporalis injuria non recipit aestimationem de futuro
A personal injury does not receive satisfaction from proceedings yet in the future.
Corpus humanum non recipit aestimationem
The person of a human being can have no price put on it.
Crimen laesae majestatis omnia alia crimina excedit quoad poenam
The crime of treason exceeds all other crimes in its punishment.
De fide et officio judicis non recipitur quaestio, sed de scientia sive sit error juris sive facti
The good faith and honesty of purpose of a judge cannot be questioned, but his knowledge may be impugned if there is an error either of law or of fact.
Debitor non praesumitur donare
A debtor is not presumed to make a gift.
Donatio non praesumitur
A gift is not presumed.
Eadem mens praesumitur regis quae e
juris et quae else debet, praesertim in do biis. The mind of the sovereign is presumed be the same as that of the law, and the same as what it ought to be, especially in ambiguous matter.
Ex diuturnitate temporis omnia praesumuntur solenniter esse acta
From length of time, all things are presumed to have been done in due form.
Extremis probatis praesumuntur media
Extremes having been proved, intermediate things are presumed.
Fatuus praesumitur qui in proprio nomine errat
A person is presumed to be incompetent who makes a mistake in his own name (that is, does not know his own name).
Fraus est odiosa et non praesumenda
Fraud is odious and not to be presumed.
Ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur
Ignorance is presumed where knowledge is not proved.
In ambigua voce legis ea potius accipienda est significatio quae vitio caret; praesertim cum etiam voluntas legis ex hoc colligi possit.
In an ambiguous expression of the law, the meaning will be preferred that is free of defect, especially when the intent of the law can be gathered from it.
In ambiguis casibus sempter praesumitur pro rege.
In doubtful cases the presumption is always in favor of the king.
In dubiis non praesumitur pro testamento.
In doubtful cases, there is not presumption in favor of the will.
In favorem vitae, libertatis, et innocentiae omnia praesumuntur.
All presumptions are in favor of life, liberty, and innocence.
In odium spoliatoris omnia praesumuntur.
Everything is presumed to the prejudice of the despoiler.
In omnibus obligationibus, in quibus dies non ponitur, praesenti die debetur.
In all obligations, when no date is fixed (for performance), the thing is due the same day.
In praesentia majoris potestatis, minor potestas cessat
In the presence of the superior power, the minor power ceases.
Injuria non praesumitur
A wrong is not presumed.
Interruptio multiplex non tollit praescriptionem semel obtentam.
Repeated interruptions do not remove a prescription (or acquisition by long use) once it has been obtained.
Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum quaerere; quaesito tempore tutus eris
It is the duty of a judge to inquire into the timing of events as much as the matters themselves; by inquiring into the time, you will be safe.
Judicium redditur in invitum, in praesumptione legis
In presumption of law, a judgment is given against one's will.
Laesiwerp
n. [Saxon fr. laisus "bosom" + werpire "to surrender"] Hist. A thing surrendered to another's hands or power; a thing given or delivered.
Lex benefacialis rei consimili remedium praestat
A beneficial law affords a remedy in a similar case.
Lex contra id quod praesumit probationem non recipit
The law accepts no proof against that which it presumes.
Lex neminem cogit ostendere quod nescire praesumitur
The law forces no one to make known what he is presumed not to know.
Libertas inaestimabilis res est
Liberty is a priceless good.
Libertas non recipit aestimationem
Freedom does not admit of valuation.
Liberum corpus nullam recipit aestimationem
The body of a free person allows no price to be set upon it. Dig. 9.3.7.
Malum non praesumitur
Evil is not presumed.
Minor minorem custodire non debet; alios enim praesumitur male regere qui seipsum regere nescit
A minor ought not be guardian of a minor, for he is presumed to govern others ill who does not know how to govern himself.
Moneta est justum medium et mensura rerum commutabilium, nam per medium monetae fit omnium rerum conveniens et justa aestimatio
Money is the just medium and measure of all exchangeable things, for by the medium of money a suitable and just estimation of all things is made.
Multiplex et indistinctum parit confusionem; et quaestiones quo simpliciores, eo lucidiores
Multiplicity and indistinctness produce confusion: the simpler questions are, the more lucid they are.
Nee veniam, laeso numine, casus habet
Where the Divinity has been insulted, the case is unpardonable.
Nemo praesens nisi intelligat
One is not present unless he understands.
Nemo praesumitur alienam posteritatem suae praetulisse
No one is presumed to have preferred another's posterity to his own.
Nemo praesumitur donare
No one is presumed to make a gift.
Nemo praesumitur esse immemor suae aeternae salutatis, et maxime in articulo mortis
No one is presumed to be forgetful of his eternal welfare, and especially at the point of death.