Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
capacity.
1. The role in which one performs an act <in her corporate capacity>.
diminished capacity.
An impaired mental condition - short of insanity - that is caused by intoxication, trauma, or disease and that prevents the person from having the mental state necessary to be held responsible for a crime. ( In some jurisdictions, a defendant's diminished capacity can be used to determine the degree of the offense or the severity of the punishment. - Also termed diminished responsibility. Cf. INSANITY.
proprietary capacity.
The capacity of a city or town when it engages in a business-like venture rather than a governmental function. See PROPRIETARY FUNCTION. 2. A legal qualification, such as legal age, that determines one's ability to sue or be sued, to enter into a binding contract, and the like < she had full capacity to bind the corporation with her signature>. ( Unless necessary to show the court's jurisdiction, a plaintiff's pleadings need not assert the legal capacity of any party. A party wishing to raise the issue of capacity must do so by specific negative pleading. Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(a). - Also termed (specif.) capacity to sue. See STANDING. 3. The mental ability to understand the nature and effect of one's acts <his acute pain reduced his capacity to understand the hospital's admission form>. - Also termed mental capacity. See COMPETENCY.
testimonial incapacity.
The lack of capacity to testify.