Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Ad vim majorem vel ad casus fortuitos non tenetur quis, nisi sua culpa intervenerit
No one is held to answer for the effects of superior force or accidents, unless his own fault has contributed.
Casus fortuitus non est sperandus, et nemo tenetur divinare
A chance event.is not to be expected, and no one is bound to foresee it.
Casus fortuitus non est supponendus
A chance event is not to be presumed.
Casus omissus et oblivioni datus dispositions communis juris relinquitur
A case omitted and forgotten (not provided for in statute) is left to the disposal of the common law.
Casus omissus pro omisso habendus est
A case omitted is to be held as (intentionally) omitted.
Nee veniam effuso sanguine casus habet
Where blood has been spilled, the case is unpardonable.
Nee veniam, laeso numine, casus habet
Where the Divinity has been insulted, the case is unpardonable.
Neque leges neque senatus consulta ita scribi possunt ut omnes casus qui quandoque inciderint comprehendantur; sed sufficit ea quae plerumque accidunt contineri
Neither laws nor acts of senate can be so written as to include all cases that have happened at any time; it is sufficient that those things that usually occur are encompassed. Dig. 1.3.10. pr.
casus
[Latin] 1. A chance accident; an event without human intervention or fault. Cf. CULPA; DOLUS. 2. A situation actually contemplated by the legislature in enacting a statute that applies to the situation. 0 In this sense, the term is opposed to casus omissus.
casus belli
[Latin] An act or circumstance that provokes or justifies war.
casus foederis
[Latin "the case of the treaty" or "the case of the agreement"] 1. Int'l law. A provocative act by one nation toward another, entitling the latter to call upon an ally to fulfill the terms of an alliance. 2. A clause within a treaty of alliance specifying such provocative acts. 3. Contracts. A case or an event falling within the terms of a contract.
casus fortuitus
[Latin] 1. A fortuitous event. 2. A loss not attributable to human fault.
casus major
[Latin] An extraordinary casualty.
casus male inclusus
[Latin "case wrongly included"] A situation literally provided for by a statute or contract, but wrongly so because the provision's literal application has unintended consequences.
casus omissus
[Latin "case omitted"] A situation not provided for by a statute or contract, and therefore governed by caselaw or new judge-made law. Pl. casus omissi "At times a state of war appears to exist between the courts and the parliamentary draftsman. The courts decline to come to the rescue when a casus omissus is revealed, so words appropriate to cover the casus omissus are added to the statute. More frequently