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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Backhaul allowance

see allowance (1)

Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate

See W-4 FORM.

allowance

1. a share or portion, esp. of money that is assigned or granted.

allowance pendente lite

see alimony pendente lite under alimony.

backhaul allowance

a price discount given to customers who get their goods from a seller's warehouse as a reflection of the seller's freight-cost savings.

depletion allowance

a tax deduction for the owners of oil, gas, mineral, or timber resources corresponding to the reduced value of the property resulting from the removal of the resource.

extra allowance

In New York practice, a sum in addition to costs that may, in the court's discretion, be awarded to the successful party in an unusually difficult case.

family allowance

a portion of a decedent's estate set aside by statute for a surviving spouse, children, or parents, regardless of any testamentary disposition or competing claims.

gratuitous allowance

a pension voluntarily granted by a public entity. ( the gratuitous (rather than contractual) nature of this type of allowance gives the pensioner no vested rights in the allowance.

gratuitous allowance.

See ALLOWANCE (1).

note of allowance

English law. A master's note, upon receiving a party's memorandum of an error of law in a case, allowing error to be asserted.

spousal allowance

a portion of a decedent's estate set aside by statute for a surviving spouse, regardless of any testamentary disposition or competing claims. ( this allowance is superior to the claims of general creditors. in some states, it is even preferred to the expenses of administration, funeral, and last illness of the spouse. - also termed widow's allowance; widower's allowance.2. the sum awarded by a court to a fiduciary as payment for services. 3. a deduction.

widow's allowance

See spousal allowance under ALLOWANCE. widow's election. See RIGHT OF ELECTION

widower's allowance

See spousal allowance under ALLOWANCE.