Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Agentes et consentientes pari poena plectentur
Acting and consenting parties will be liable to the same punishment.
Bail-enforcement agent
see bounty hunter.
Bargaining agent.
see agent.
Consentientes et agentes pari poena plectentur
Those consenting and those perpetrating will receive the same punishment.
Omne actum ab intentione agentis est judieandum
Every act is to be judged by the intention of the doer.
Subagent
See AGENT.
admission by employee or agent
See ADMISSION (1).
admission by employee or agent.
An admission made by a party-opponent's agent during employment and concerning a matter either within the scope of the agency or authorized by the party-opponent.
adverse-agent doctrine
the rule that an agent's knowledge will not be imputed to the principal if the agent is engaged in fraudulent activities that are concealed as part of the fraud.
agent
one who is authorized to act for or in place of another; a representative <a professional athlete's agent>. cf. principal (1); employee. 2. something that produces an effect <an intervening agent>. see cause (1)."generally speaking, anyone can be an agent who is in fact capable of performing the functions involved. the agent normally binds not himself but his principal by the contracts he makes; it is therefore not essential that he be legally capable to contract (although his duties and liabilities to his principal might be affected by his status). thus an infant or a lunatic may be an agent, though doubtless the court would disregard either's attempt to act as if he were so young or so hopelessly devoid of reason as to be completely incapable of grasping the function he was attempting to perform." floyd r. mechem, outlines of the law of agency 8-9 (philip mechem ed., 4th ed. 1952)."the etymology of the word agent or agency tells us much. the words are derived from the latin verb, ago, agere; the noun agens, agentis. the word agent denotes one who acts, a doer, force or power that accomplishes things." harold gill reuschlein & william a gregory, the law of agency and partnership § 1, at 2-3 (2d ed. 1990).
agent provocateur
n. 1. an undercover agent who instigates or participates in a crime, often by infiltrating a group involved in suspected illegal conduct, to expose and punish criminal activity. 2. a person who entraps or entices another to break the law and then informs against the other as a lawbreaker.
agent's lien
A lien against property of the estate, in favor of an agent, to secure the agent's compensation as well as all necessary expenses incurred under the agent's power.
agent's lien.
see lien
apparent agent
a person who reasonably appears to have authority to act for another, regardless of whether actual authority has been conferred. - also termed ostensible agent.
bargaining agent
a labor union in its capacity of representing employees in collective bargaining.
broker-agent
See BROKEP?.
business agent
1. See managing agent under AGENT. 2. A labor-union representative selected to deal with employers.
certification of bargaining agent
See UNION CERTIFICATION.
clearing agent
Securities. A person or company acting as an intermediary in a securities transaction or providing facilities for comparing data with respect to securities transactions. ( The term includes a custodian of securities in connection with the central handling of securities. Securities Exchange Act § 3(a)(23)(A) (15 USCA § 78c(a)(23)(A)). - Also termed clearing agency.
co-agent
a person who shares with another agent the authority to act for the principal. -also termed dual agent.
commercial agent
1. BROKER. 2. A consular officer responsible for the commercial interests of his or her country at a foreign port.
corporate agent
an agent authorized to act on behalf of a corporation; broadly, all employees and officers who have the power to bind the corporation.
county agent
See JUVENILE OFFICER,
del credere agent
an agent who guarantees the solvency of the third party with whom the agent makes a contract for the principal. 0 a del credere agent receives possession of the principal's goods for purposes of sale and guarantees that anyone to whom the agent sells the goods on credit will pay promptly for them. for this guaranty, the agent receives a higher commission for sales. the promise of such an agent is almost universally held not to be within the statute of frauds. - also termed del credere factor.
del credere agent.
See AGENT.
diplomatic agent
a national representative in one of four categories: (1) ambassadors, (2) envoys and ministers plenipotentiary, (3)ministers resident accredited to the sovereign, or (4) charges d'affaires accredited to the minister of foreign affairs.
dual agent
see co-agent.
emigrant agent
one engaged in the business of hiring laborers for work outside the country or state.
enrolled agent
One who, though neither a certified public accountant nor an attorney, has been admitted to practice before the IRS, either by passing an examination or by working for the IRS in a technical area for at least five years. ( The enrolled agent is one of four types of persons who are allowed to practice before the IRS, the other three being attorneys, certified public accountants, and persons who are admitted to represent either themselves or others in a particular case. enrolled bill. See BILL (3)
escrow agent
The third-party depositary of an escrow; ESCROW (3). - Also termed escrow holder; escrowee.
fiscal agent
a bank or other financial, institution that collects and disburses money and services as a depository of private and public funds on another's behalf.
foreign agent
a person who registers with the federal government as a lobbyist representing the interests of a foreign nation or corporation.
forwarding agent
1. a person or company whose business is to receive and ship goods for others. - also termed freight-forwarder. 2. a freight-forwarder who assembles lessthan-carload shipments (small shipments) into carload shipments, thus taking advantage of lower freight rates.
general agent
See AGENT; INSURANCE AGENT.
government agent
an employee or representative of a governmental body. 2. a lawenforcement official, such as a police officer or an fbi agent. 3. an informant, esp. an inmate, hired by law enforcement to obtain incriminating statements from another inmate. 0 an accused's sixth amendment right to counsel is triggered when the accused is questioned by a government agent.
high-managerial agent
an agent of a corporation or other business, having authority to formulate corporate policy or supervise employees. - also termed superior agent.
independent agent
See AGENT.
innocent agent
Criminal law. A person whose action on behalf of a principal is unlawful but does not merit prosecution because the agent had no knowledge of the principal's illegal purpose.
insurance agent
A person authorized by an insurance company to sell its insurance policies. - Also termed producer; (in property insurance) recording agent; record agent.
jural agent
An official - someone who has the appropriate authoritative status in society to enforce or affect the society's legal system -who engages in a jural act. 0 Common examples include judges, legislators, and police officers acting in their official capacities. See jural act under ACT (2).
land agent
See LAND MANAGER.
listing agent
The real-estate broker's representative who obtains a listing agreement with the owner. Cf. SELLING AGENT.
local agent
an agent appointed to act as another's (esp. a company's) representative and to transact business within a specified district.
managing agent
See AGENT,
mercantile agent
an agent employed to sell goods or merchandise on behalf of the principal
ostensible agent
see apparent agent.
private agent
an agent acting for an individual in that person's private affairs.
process agent
See AGENT
public agent
a person appointed to act for the public in matters pertaining to governmental administration or public business.
real-estate agent
an agent who represents a buyer or seller (or both, with proper disclosures) in the sale or lease of real property. 0 a real-estate agent can be either a broker (whose principal is a buyer or seller) or a salesperson (whose principal is a broker).