Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Aqua cedit solo.
The water goes with the ground. ( A grant of the land includes the water on it.
Aqua currit et debet currere ut currere solebat.
Water runs and ought to run as it was wont to run.
Ecclesia fungitur vice minoris; meliorem conditionem suam facere potest, deteriorem nequaquam
The church enjoys the privilege of a minor; it can make its own condition better but not worse.
Filum aquae
[Latin "thread of water"] A line of water; the middle line of a stream of water, supposedly dividing it into two equal parts and usu. constituting the boundary between the riparian owners on each side. - Also termed medium filum.
Meliorem conditionem suam facere potest minor, deteriorem nequaquam
A minor can improve or make his condition better, but in no way worse.
Unaquaeque gleba servit
every lump of cicrtt (on the land) is subject to the servitude.
ad falum aquae
adv. [Law Latin] To the thread of the water; to the central line or middle of a stream. 0 This refers to the ownership reach of a riparian proprietor. -Also termed ad medium fzlum aquae.
ad medium filum aquae
See AD FILUM AQUAE.
aqua
n. [latin] roman law. 1. water. 2. a watercourse. pl. aquae (ak-wee).
aqua aestiva
n. summer water; water used only in the summer.
aqua currens
see aqua profluens.
aqua dulcis
n. fresh water. - also termed aqua frisca.
aqua fontanea
n. springwater.
aqua frisca
see aqua dulcis under aqua.
aqua proluens
n. flowing or running water. - also termed aqua currens.
aqua quotidiana
n. daily water; water that can be drawn at all times of the year.
aqua salsa (ak-wa sal-se)
n. salt water.
aquae immittendae
n. [latin "waters to be thrown out"] a servitude consisting in the right of one whose house is surrounded by other buildings to cast wastewater on the neighboring roofs or yards. ( this is similar to common-law drip rights. - also termed stillicidium. cf. seruitus stillicidii under servitus; drip rights.
aquaeductus
n. [latin "conveying of water"] a servitude consisting in the right to conduct water (as through pipes) over or through another's land.
aquaehaustus
n. [latin "drawing of water"] a servitude consisting in the right to draw water from a well, pool, spring, or stream on another's land.
aquagium
n. [law latin] hist. 1. a canal for draining water, esp. from marshy land. 2. a payment for supplying water to a mill or carrying goods by water. aquatic right see water right.
jus aquaeductus
n. [Latin] Roman & civil law. A servitude that gives a landowner the right to conduct water from another's land through pipes or channels.
jus aquaehaustus
n. [Latin] Roman law. A servitude that grants a right to water one's cattle on another's field or to draw water from another's well.
servitus aquae ducendae
[Latin "the servitude of leading water"] Roman law. A servitude allowing one to bring water to property through another's land, as by a canal.
servitus aquae educendae
[Latin "the servitude of leading off water"] Roman law. A servitude entitling a person to discharge water onto another's land.
servitus aquae hauriendae
[Latin "the servitude of drawing water"] Roman law. A servitude entitling a person to draw water from another's spring or well. - Also termed servitus aquae haustus.
servitus pecoris ad aquam adpulsum
[Latin "the servitude to drive cattle to water"] Roman law. A servitude allowing one to drive cattle to water across another's land.
viva aqua
, n. [Latin "living water"] Hist. Running water; water that comes from a spring or fountain.