Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Escambium

See CAMBIUM.

Excambium

n. [Latin] 1. An exchange; a place where merchants meet to transact their business. - Also termed (in Scots law) excambion. 2. An equivalent in recompense; a recompense in lieu of dower ad ostium ecclesiae.

ad excambium

[Law Latin] For exchange; for compensation.

cambium

[Law Latin "exchange"] Hist. 1. An exchange of money, debt, or land.

cambium locale

A contract of exchange in which a person agrees to pay a sum of money at one location in consideration of money received at another location. - Also termed cambium mercantile; cambium trajectitium.

cambium reale

An exchange of land. -Also termed cambium manuale. 2. A mercantile contract in which the parties agree to exchange money for money; a bill of exchange. - Also termed escambium. camera (kam-a-ra). [Latin] Chamber; room. See IN CAMERA.