Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
God-bote
A church fine paid for offenses against God.
Haybote
See HAYBOTE.
Hebote
See HEREBOTE.
Hedgebote
See HAYBOTE.
Herebote
n. [fr. Old English here "army" + bod "command"] Hist. In England, a royal edict summoning the people to the battlefield; an edict commanding subjects into battle. - Also spelled herebode; hebote.
Housebote
An allowance of wood from the estate used to repair a house or to burn in the fireplace. - Also termed fire-bote.
Lowbote
Hist. Compensation paid for the death of one killed in a disturbance.
Plowbote
An allowance of wood for the construction and repair of farm equipment. -Also termed cart-bote.
Theft bote
See ROTE (2)
Wainbote
An allowance of wood for the repair of wagons. 2. A compensatory payment for causing an injury. Cf. BOTELESS.
bote
Hist. 1. A compensation or profit. -Also spelled bot; boot.
boteless
adj. Hist. Without relief or remedy; without the privilege of making satisfaction for a crime by pecuniary payment. 0 The modern word bootless is derived from this term. Cf. BOTE (2).
cart-bote
See plowbote.
fire-bote
See housebote.
haybote
n. [fr. French haye "a hedge" + Saxon bote "an allowance"] Hist. The right or privilege of a tenant for life or years to have material to repair the hedges or fences, or to make farming implements. - Also termed hedgebote. See ROTE.
hedgebote.
See HAYBOTE.
house-bote.
See BOTE (1).
man-bote
Compensation for killing someone.
saboteur
n. A person who commits sabotage.
theft-bote
The acceptance of a payment from a thief in exchange for an agreement not to prosecute; COMPOUNDING A CRIME. The payment might be either a bribe or a return of the stolen goods themselves. This was a form of compounding a felony. "Another offence of this class is thefbote or composition with a thief by which the person robbed takes his goods again and by contract suppresses the robbery and defrauds justice. This crime is punishable by fine and imprisonment." 1 Sir Robert Chambers, A Course of Lectures on the English Law: 1767-1773 448 (Thomas M. Curley ed., 1986). 3. A tenant's right to use as much wood from the estate as necessary for fuel, fences, and other agricultural operations. 0 Bote in this sense is an earlier form of estouers.