Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur
Liberty is the natural power of doing whatever one pleases, except what is prevented by law or force.
Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non praeteritis
A new enactment ought to impose form upon what is to come, not upon what is past ( A new regulation should not apply retroactively but from its enactment. 2 Co. Inst. 292.
Patria potestas in pietate debet, non in atrocitate consistere
Parental authority should consist in devotion, not dread.
Vitium est quod fugi debet, ne, si rationem non invenias, mox legem sine ratione esse clames
It is a fault that ought to be avoided, that if you do not discover the reason, you quickly exclaim that the law is without reason.
bet, n
Something (esp. money) staked or pledged as a wager.