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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

antapocha

[latin "counter-receipt"] roman & civil law. a counterpart to a receipt (i.e., an apocha), signed by the debtor and delivered to the creditor. cf. apocha. ante (an-tee), prep. [latin] before. cf. post.

apocha

roman & civil law. a receipt acknowledging payment. ( an apocha discharges only the obligation represented by the payment, in contrast to an acceptilation, which discharges an entire debt. - also spelled apoca. cc acceptilation; antapocha.

apochae oneratoriae

[law latin "cargo receipt"] hist. bills of lading.