Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Ballivo amovendo

[latin "a bailiff to be removed"] hist. A writ to remove from office a bailiff who does not have sufficient land in the bailiwick as required by the statute of westminster (1285).

Omnis interpretatio si fieri potest ita fcenda est in instrumentis, ut omnes contrarietates amoveantur

Every interpretation of instruments is to be made, if it can be, so that all contradictions may be removed.

amove

ub. to remove (a person) from an office or position.

amoveas manus

law latin "that you remove your hands"] hist. 1. a judgment ordering the crown to relinquish possession of land to the complainant. ( the judgment is so called from the emphatic words quod manus domini regis amoveantur ("that the hands of the king be removed"). 2. the writ issued on the judgment.

custode amovendo

See DE CUSTODE AMOVENDO.

de custode amovendo

n. [Law Latin "of removing a guardian"] Hist. A writ to remove a guardian.

de vi laica amovenda

n. [Law Latin "of removing a lay force"] Hist. A writ allowing a parson claiming rights to a church to order a sheriff to remove a group of laymen who had gathered with another parson at the church and prevented the new parson from entering.

leproso amovendo

n. [Latin "for removing a leper"] Hist. A writ to remove a leper who participated in public gatherings, such as church or meetings.

vi laica amovenda, de.

See DE VI LAICA AMOVENDA.