Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Animus ad se omne jus ducit.
The mind brings every right unto itself. ( Often explained: It is to the intention that all law applies.
Animus hominis est anima scripti.
The intention of the person is the soul of the instrument.
animus
[latin] 1. ill will; animosity.
animus belligerendi
the intention to wage war.
animus cancellandi
[latin] the intention to cancel. ( this phrase usu. refers to a will.
animus capiendi
[latin] the intention to take or capture.
animus dedicandi
[latin] the intention to donate or dedicate.
animus defamandi
[latin] the intention to defame.
animus derelinquendi
[latin] the intention to abandon.
animus deserendi
[latin] the intention to desert (usu. a spouse, child, etc.). .
animus differendi
[latin] the intention to obtain delay.
animus domini
[latin] roman law. the intent to exercise dominion over a thing; the intent to own something. cf. animus possidendi. "all possession has two elements, a physical and a mental, which the romans distinguish as corpus and animus. the first is the physical relation of the possessor to the object. the second is his sense of that relation. if he is minded to deal with the thing as his own (animus domini - animus sibi habendi), no matter whether rightfully or wrongfully, he possesses in the fullest sense." r.w. lee, the elements of roman law 179-80 (4th ed. 1956).
animus donandi
the intention to give.
animus et factum
[latin "mind and deed"] the intention and the deed. ( this phrase can refer to a person's intent to reside in a given country permanently or for an indefinite period.
animus felonicus
the intention to commit a felony.
animus furandi
the intention to steal. - also termed furandi animus. "[an] intent to deprive the owner of his property permanently, or an intent to deal with another's property unlawfully in such a manner as to create an obviously unreasonable risk of permanent deprivation, [is] all that is required to constitute the animus furandi - or intent to steal." rollin m. perkins & ronald n. boyce, criminal law 332-33 (3d ed. 1982).
animus injuriandi
the intention to injure, esp. to insult.
animus lucrandi
[latin] the intention to make a gain or profit.
animus malus
[latin] evil intent.
animus manendi
[latin "will to remain"] the intention to remain; the intention to establish a permanent residence.
animus morandi
.[latin "will to tarry"] the intention to remain. ( although animus morendi is broadly synonymous with animus manendi, morendi suggests less permanency.
animus nocendi
[latin] the intention to harm.
animus possidendi
[latin] roman law. the intent to possess a thing. cf. animus domini.
animus quo
[latin] the intent with which.
animus recipiendi
[latin] the intention to receive.
animus recuperandi
[latin] the intention to recover.
animus republicandi
[latin] the intention to republish.
animus restituendi
[latin] the intention to restore.
animus revertendi
the intention to return (to a place).
animus revocandi
[latin] the intention to revoke (a will) <her destruction of the will indicated that she had animus revocandi>.
animus signandi
[latin] the intention to sign.
animus testandi
[latin] testamentary intention.
class-based animus
See ANIMUS (1)
class-based animus.
a prejudicial disposition toward a discernible, usu. constitutionally protected, group of persons. ( a class-based animus is an essential element of a civil rights conspiracy case.2. intention. ( all the following latin "animus" phrases have analogous adverbial forms beginning with "animo" (the definition merely needing "with" at the outset) - for example, animo furandi means "with the intention to steal," animo testandi means "with testamentary intention," etc.
furandi animus
See animus furandi under ANIMUS.