Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio
No prescription runs against a person unable to act (or bring an action).
Furiosus stipulari non potest nec aliquod negotium agere, qui non intelligit quid agit
An insane person who knows not what he does cannot make a bargain or transact any business.
Manager
1 A person who administers or supervises the affairs of a business, office, or other organization.
Minor ante tempus agere non potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire
A minor before majority cannot act in a case of property, nor even agree.
Nemo alieno nomine lege agere potest. No
one can sue at law in the name of another.
Nullus debet agere de dolo, ubi alia actio subset
Where another form of action is given, no one ought to sue in the action de dolo.
Salvager
See SALVOR.
Wager
n. 1. Money or other consideration risked on an uncertain event; a bet or gamble. 2. A promise to pay money or other consideration on the occurrence of an uncertain event. 3. See wagering contract under CONTRACT. -wager, ub. - wagerer, n.
ager
n. [latin] roman law. land or territory; esp., a portion of land enclosed by definite boundaries.
ager publicus
land of the people; public land.
alnager
[law latin] hist. a royal official responsible for collecting taxes (the alnage) on woolen cloth ( the tax was abolished in 1699.
dowager
A widow holding property or title - esp. a life estate in real property -received from her deceased husband.
dowager-queen
The widow of the king of England. - Also termed queen dowager; queen mother."A queen dowager is the widow of the king, and as such enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. But it is not high treason to conspire her death; or to violate her chastity ... because the succession to the crown is not thereby endangered. Yet still, ... no man can marry a queen dowager without special licence from the king, on pain of forfeiting his lands and goods .... A queen dowager, when married again to a subject, doth not lose her regal dignity, as peeresses dowager do their peerage when they marry commoners." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 217 (1765).
exploration manager
See LAND MANAGER.
frontager
n. A person owning or occupying land that abuts a highway, river, seashore, or the like. front-end money. See SEED MONEY.
gager del ley,
See wager of law
general manager
A manager who has overall control of a business, office, or other organization, including authority over other managers. ( A general manager is usu. equivalent to a president or chief executive officer of a corporation. 2. A legislator appointed by either legislative house to serve on a conference committee, asp. a joint committee that tries to reconcile differences in a bill passed by both houses in different versions. - Also termed conferee; manager of a conference. 3. A representative appointed by the House of Representatives to prosecute an impeachment before the Senate. manager of a conferenceSee MANAGER (2),
high-managerial agent
an agent of a corporation or other business, having authority to formulate corporate policy or supervise employees. - also termed superior agent.
land manager
Oil & gas. A person who, use on behalf of an oil company, contracts wit landowners for the mineral rights to thei land. - Also termed exploration manager; lane agent; landman.
ley gager
n. [Law French] Hist. Wager of law; the defendant's giving of security to make law on a particular day. See WAGER OF LAW.
non ualentia agere
[Latin] Inability to sue. See NONABILITY.
queen dowager
See DOWAGER-QUEEN.
rente oiagere
[French "life rent"] A rent charge or annuity that is payable for life; a life interest or annuity. 2. (usu. pl.) Interest paid annually by the French government on the public debt; a government stock, bond, or annuity. rentee. Rare. A tenant.
rente viagere
See RENTS.
scribere est agere
[Latin] Hist. To write is to act. "But now it seems clearly to be agreed, that, by the common law and the statute of Edward III, words spoken amount only to a high misdemeanor, and no treason. For they may be spoken in heat, without any intention . . . . If the words be set down in writing, it argues more deliberate intention; and it has been held that writing is an overt act of treason; for scribere est agere. But even in this case the bare words are not the treason, but the deliberate act of writing them." 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 80 (1769).
socager
A tenant by socage; SOCMAN.
trial by wager of battle
Hist. See TRIAL BY COMBAT.
wager of battle
See TRIAL BY COMBAT
wager of law
Hist. A method of proof in which a person defends against a claim by swearing that the claim is groundless, and by enlisting others (compurgators) to swear to the defendant's credibility. - Also termed gager del ley (gay jar del lay);
wager policy
An insurance policy issued to a person who is shown to have no insurable interest in the person or property covered by the policy. ( Wager policies are illegal in most states. - Also termed gambling policy. See insurable interest under INTEREST (2). Cf. interest policy.
wagering contract
See CONTRACT,