Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Aequitas est correctio legis generaliter latae qua parte deficit
Equity is the correction of some part of the law where by reason of its generality it is defective.
Criminaliter
adu. [Latin] Criminally. Cf. CIVILITER.
Cum actio fuerit mere criminalis, institui poterit ab initio criminaliter vel civiliter
When an action is purely criminal, it can be instituted from the beginning either criminally or civilly.
Generale dictum generaliter est interpretandum
A general expression is to be construed generally.
Generalia verba sunt generaliter intelligenda
General words are to be understood in a general sense.
Generalis clausula non porrigitur ad ea quae antea specialiter sunt comprehensa
A general clause does not extend to those things that have been previously provided for specifically.
Generalis regula generaliter est intelligenda
A general rule is to be understood generally.
Ignoscitur ei qui sanguinem suum qualiter redemptum voluit.
A person is forgiven who chose to purchase his own blood (or life) upon any terms whatsoever. ( Whatever a person may do under the fear of losing life or limb will not be held binding upon him in law. 1 Bl. Com. 127.
In pretio emptionis et venditionis naturaliter licet contrahentibus se circumvenire.
In setting the price for buying and selling, it is naturally allowed to the contracting parties to get the better of each other.
Necessarium est quod non potest aliter se habere
That is necessary which cannot be otherwise.
Non aliter a significatione verborum recedi oportet quam cum manifestum est aliud sensisse testatorem
We must depart from the (ordinary) significance of words only when it is evident that the testator had a different understanding. Dig. 32.69. pr.
Non dubitatur, etsi specialiter venditor evictionem non promiserit, re evicta, ex empto competere actionem
It is certain that even if the vendor has not given a special guarantee, an action ex empto lies against him, if the purchaser is evicted.
Personaliter
adu. [Latin] Personally; in person.
Quamvis lex generaliter loquitur, restringenda tamen est, ut cessante ratione et ipsa cessat
Although a law speaks generally, it must bear some restriction, since the law ceases (or loses effect) when the reason ceases.
Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda
When the law is special, but its reason is general, the law is to be understood generally.
Quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, generaliter statutum est intelligendum
When the words of a statute are special, but the reason for it general, the statute is to be construed generally.
Quod non apparet non est, et non apparet judicialiter ante judicium
What appears not does not exist, and nothing appears judicially before judgment.
Res nullius naturaliter fit primi occupantis
A thing that has no owner naturally belongs to the first taker.
Statutum generaliter est intelligendum quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis
A statute is to be understood generally when the words of the statute are special but its reason is general.
Ubi lex est specialis et ratio ejus generalis, generaliter accipienda est
Where the law is special and the reason of it is general, it ought to be taken as general.
Ubi quid generaliter conceditur, inest but exceptio, si non aliquid sit contra jus faa que
Where a thing is granted in general term this exception is implied: if there is not am, thing contrary to law and right.
Universitas vel corporatio non dicitur aliquid facere nisi id sit collegialiter deliberatum, etiamsi major pars id faciat
A university or corporation is not said to take any action unless the action was resolved by it as a body, even if a greater part of the body should act.
Verba generalia generaliter sunt intelligenda
General words are to be understood generally.
aliter
[latin] otherwise; it would be otherwise.
efforcialiter
adu. [Latin] Hist. Forcibly. ( This adverb referred primarily to military force.
separaliter
[Latin] Hist. Separately. ( This term was formerly used in an indictment to emphasize that multiple defendants were being charged with separate offenses, when it appeared from the general language of the indictment that the defendants were jointly charged.