Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Iniquum est ingenuis hominibus non esse liberam rerum suarum alienationem.
It is unjust for freeborn individuals not to have the free disposal of their own property.
Videtur qui surdus et mutus ne poet faire alienation
A deaf and mute person is considered not to be able to alienate.
abalienation
n. [fr. Latin abalienare "to alienate"] Civil law. The transfer of an interest or title in property; ALIENATION (2). 9 In Roman law, the term was abalienatio ("a perfect conveyance from one Roman citizen to another"), which was anglicized to abalienation. - abalienate, vb.
alienation
withdrawal from former attachment; estrangement <alienation of affections>. 2. conveyance or transfer of property to another <alienation of one's estate>. -
alienation clause
a deed provision that either permits or prohibits the further conveyance of the property. 2. a clause in an insurance policy voiding coverage if the policyholder alienates the insured property.
alienation of affections
a tort claim for willful or malicious interference with a marriage by a third party without justification or excuse. ( the tort has been abolished in most states. see consortium.
alienation office
English law.' An office for the recovery of fines levied upon writs of covenant and entries.
direct order of alienation
Real estate. The principle that a grantee who assumes the debt on a mortgaged property is required to pay the mortgage debt if the original mortgagor defaults.
fine for alienation
Hist. A fee paid by a tenant to the lord upon the alienation of a feudal estate and substitution of a new tenant. ( It was payable by all tenants holding by knight's service or tenants in capite by socage tenure. -Often shortened to fine.
fraudulent alienation.
1. The transfer of property with an intent to defraud others, esp. creditors and lienholders. 2. The transfer of an estate asset by the estate's administrator for little or no consideration.
inverse-order-of-alienation doctrine
The principle that if one has not collected on the mortgage or lien on a property sold off in successive parcels, one may collect first from the parcel still held by the original owner, then from the parcel sold last, then next to last, and so on until the amount has been satisfied. -Also termed rule of marshaling liens. inverse zoning See ZONING.
involuntary alienation
alienation against the wishes of the transferor, as by attachment. - also termed involuntary conveyance.
power of alienation
The capacity to sell, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of property.
restraint on alienation
1. A restriction, usu. in a deed of conveyance, on a grantee's ability to sell or transfer real property; a provision that conveys an interest and that, even after the interest has become vested, prevents the owner from disposing of it at all or from disposing of it in particular ways or to particular persons. ( Restraints on alienation are generally unenforceable as against public policy favoring the free alienability of land. - Also termed unreasonable restraint on alienation. 2. A trust provision that prohibits or penalizes alienation of the trust corpus.
unreasonable restraint on alienation
See RESTRAINT ON ALIENATION (1).