Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Breve innominatum
[Latin "innominate writ"] A writ that recites a cause of action only in general terms.
Breve ita dicitur, quia rein de qua agitur, et intentionem petentis, paucis verbis breviter enarrat
A writ is called a "breve" because it briefly states, in few words, the matter in dispute, and the object of the party seeking relief.
Breve judiciale debet sequi suum originale, et accessorium suum principale
A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal.
Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu formae
A judicial writ does not fail for a defect of form.
Enbrever
ub. [Law French] 1. To abbreviate. 2. To put into a schedule.
Nemo sine actione experitur, et hoc non sine breve sive libello conventionali
No one goes to trial without an action, and no one can bring an action without a writ or bill.
album breve
A blank writ; a writ- with a blank or omission in it.
apertum breve
[Latin "open writ"] An open, unsealed writ. See patent writ under WRIT. Cf. CLAUSUM.
breve
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Writ. 0 The word brevis meant "short," and brevia were short writs, unlike charters. Pl. brevia (bree-vee-a).
breve de bono et malo
See DE ODIO ET ATIA.
breve de conventione.
See WRIT OF COVENANT.
breve de recto
See DE RECTO.
breve de transgressione super casum
See TRESPASS ON THE CASE.
breve magnum de recto
See DE RECTO PATENS.
breve perquirere
[Latin "to obtain a writ"] To purchase a writ or license of trial in the king's courts.
breve rebellionis
See COMMISSION OF REBELLION.
breve testatum
[Latin "a witnessed writ"] A written memorandum used to memorialize the terms of a conveyance and investiture of land. ( Witnesses to the conveyance did not sign the document, but their names were recorded. Brevia testata were introduced to reduce disputes concerning the terms of oral grants.
brevet
officer See OFFICER (2).
brevet officer
. A military officer who holds a nominal rank above that for which the person is paid.
cassetur breve
[Latin "that the writ be quashed"] Hist. A judgment quashing an action begun by writ.
debet sine breve
n. [Law Latin "debt without a writ"] 1. An action for debt commenced under a bill rather than a writ. 2. A debt confessed by judgment. - Abbr. d.s.b. - Also termed debitum sine breve; debit sans breve. See CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT.
debit sans breve
See DEBET SINE BREVE.
debitum sine breve
See DEBET SINE BREVE.
et habeas ibi tune hoc breve
[Latin] Hist. And that you have then and there this writ. ( These were the formal words directing the return of a writ. The literal translation was retained in the later form of a considerable number of writs.
judgment nil capiat per breve
Judgment that the plaintiff take nothing by the writ; a takenothing judgment in a case instituted by a writ.
judgment quod breve cassetur
Judgment that the writ be quashed. This is a judgment for the defendant.
nihil capiat per breve
n. [Latin "Let him take nothing by his writ"] A judgment against the plaintiff in an action at bar or in abatement. -Also termed nihil capiat per billam ("let him take nothing by his bill").
non intromittendo, quando breve praecipe in capite subdole impetratur
n. [Latin "not interfering, when the writ praecipe in capite was obtained by deceit"] Hist. A writ issued to the King's Bench or Eyre, commanding them not to aid a person who obtained a praecipe in capite for lands from the king because that person likely obtained the writ deceitfully, and ordering them to put that person to the writ of right.