Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

appraisal

n. 1. the determination of what constitutes a fair price; valuation; estimation of worth. 2. the report of such a determination. - also termed appraisement. - appraise, ub. cf. assessment (3).

appraisal clause

an insurance-policy provision allowing either the insurer or the insured to demand an independent estimation of a claimed loss.

appraisal remedy

the statutory right of corporate shareholders who oppose some extraordinary corporate action (such as a merger) to have their shares judicially appraised and to demand that the corporation buy back their shares at the appraised value. - also termed appraisal right; dissenters' right; right of dissent and appraisal.

appraisal trinity

the three most commonly accepted methods of appraising real property: the market approach, the cost approach, and the income approach. see market approach; cost approach; income approach.

dissent and appraisal, right of

See APPRAISAL REMEDY.

mass-appraisal method

A technique for valuing large areas of land by studying market data to determine the price that similar property would sell for, without engaging in a parcel-byparcel analysis. mass asset. See ASSET. mass layoff. See LAYOFF

right of dissent and appraisal

See APPRAISAL REMEDY.