Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Absentia ejus qui reipublicae causa abest neque ei neque alii damnosa esse debet
The absence of a person who is abroad in service to the state ought to be prejudicial neither to that person nor to another. Dig. 50.17.140.
Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars
A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because lie cannot act both as judge and party.
Beneftcium non datur nisi officii causa
A benefice is not granted except on account or in consideration of duty.
Boni judicis est causas litium dirimere
It is the role of a good judge to remove causes of litigation.
Bonum defendentis ex integra causa; malum ex quolibet defectu
A good outcome for the defendant comes from a sound case; a bad outcome from some defect
Carcer non supplicii causa sed custodiae constitutus
A prison is established not for the sake of punishment, but for detention under guard.
Causa Proxima non remota spectatur
The immediate and not the remote cause is considered.
Causa causae est causa causati
The cause of a cause is the cause of the effect.
Causa causantis causa est causati
The cause of the thing causing is the cause of the effect.
Causa ecclesiae publicis aequiparatur; et summa est ratio quae pro religione facit
The cause of the church is equal to public causes; and paramount is the reason that acts in favor of religion.
Causa et origo est materia negotii
The cause and origin of a matter are the substance of it. ( "The law regards the original act": as in the case of a man who attempts suicide in madness, but dies after regaining sanity; such is not suicide. 1 Coke 99.
Causa patet
The reason is obvious.
Causa vaga et incerta non est causa ration
abilis. A vague and uncertain cause is not a reasonable cause.
Causae dotis, vitae, libertatis, fisci sunt inter favorabilia in lege
Causes of dower, life, liberty, revenue are among the things favored in law.
Causae ecclesiae publicis causis aequiparantur
The causes of the church are equal to public causes.
Cessante causa, cessat effectus
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases.
Clausula vel dispositio inutilis per praesumptionem remotam vel causam ex post facto non fulcitur
A useless clause or disposition is not supported by a remote presumption or by a cause arising afterwards. ( A useless clause or disposition is one that expresses no more than the law by intendment would have supplied; it is not supported by a remote presumption or foreign intendment of some purpose, in regard whereof it might be material, or by a cause arising afterwards that may induce an operation of those idle words.
Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata privat communem legem.
Custom observed by reason of a certain and reasonable cause supersedes the common law.
Contractus ex turpi causa vel contra bonos mores nullus est
A contract founded on a wrongful consideration or against good morals is null.
Creditorum appellatione non hi tantum accipiuntur qui pecuniam crediderunt, sed omnes quibus ex qualibet causa debetur
Under the name of creditors are included not only those who have lent money, but also all to whom a debt is owed from any cause.
Cum de lucro duorum quaeritur melior est causa possidentis
When there is a question of gain between two people, the cause of the, possessor is the better.
Cum par delictum est duorum, semper oneratur petitor, et melior habetur possessoris causa
Where two parties are equally at fault, the claimant always is at the disadvantage, and the party in possession has the better cause.
Ea quae commendandi causa in venditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant venditorem non obligant.
Those things that, by way of commendation, are stated at sales, if they are openly apparent, do not hind they are openly apparent do not bind the seller.
Eadem causa diversis rationibus coram judicibus ecclesiasticis et secularibus ventilatur
The same cause is argued upon different principles before ecclesiastical and secular judges.
Efectus sequitur causam
The effect follows the cause.
Ex turpi causa non oritur action
No action arises out of a wrongful consideration.
Expositio quae ex visceribus causae nascitur, est aptissima et fortissima in lege
An exposition that springs from the vitals of a cause is the fittest and most powerful in law.
Feodum est quod quis tenet ex quacunque causa, sive sit tenementum sive redditus
A fet. is what anyone holds from whatever cause, w Nether tenement or rent.
Hominum causa jus constitutum est
Law was established for the benefit of humankind.
In pari causa possessor potior haberi debet.
When two parties have equal claims, the possessor should be considered the stronger.
In pari causa potior est conditio possidentis
When two parties have equal claims, the position of the possessor is the stronger.
In propria causa nemo judex
No one can be judge in his own cause.
In re pari potiorem causam esse prohibentis constat
Where the parties have gqual rights (in common property), it is an established principle that the one prohibiting has the stronger cause. Dig. 10.3.28.
Inesse potest donationi modus, conditio sine causa; ut modus est, si conditio; quia causa.
In a gift there may be manner, condition, or cause; as (ut) introduces a manner; if (si), a condition; because (quia), a cause.
Judex non potent esse testis in propria causa
A judge cannot be a witness in his own cause.
Judices non tenentur exprimere causam sententiae suae
Judges are not bound to explain the reason of their judgments.
Malum non habet effscientem sed deficientem causam
Evil has not an efficient but a deficient cause.
Melior est causa possidentis
The cause of the possessor is preferable.
Melius est in tempore occurrere quam post causam vulneratum remedium quaerere
It is better to oppose in time than to seek a remedy after a wrong has been inflicted.( Coke introduces this maxim with the phrase ne per negligentiam damnum incurrat: "lest he incur damage through negligence." 2 Co. Inst. 299.
Minor non tenetur respondere durante minors aetati, nisi in causa dotis, propter favorem
A minor is not bound to answer during his minority, except as a matter of favor in a cause of dower.
Nemo debet bin vexari pro eadem causa. No
one should be twice troubled for the sarne cause.
Nemo debet bin vexari pro una et eadem causa
No one ought to be twice troubled for one and the same cause.
Nemo debet bin vexari, si constet curiae quod sit pro una et eadem causa
No one ought to be twice troubled, if it appears to the court that it is for one and the same cause of action.
Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa
No one should be judge in his own cause.
Nemo in propria causa testis esse debet
No one can be a witness in his own cause.
Non decet homines dedere causa non cognita.
It is unbecoming to surrender people when no cause has been shown.
Non est consonum rationi quod cognitio accessorii in curia christianitatis impediatur, ubi cognitio causae principalis ad forum ecclesiasticum noscitur pertinere
It is unreasonable that the cognizance of an accessory matter should be impeded in an ecclesiastical court, when the cognizance of the principal cause is admitted to appertain to an ecclesiastical court.
Non respondebit minor, nisi in causa dotis, et hoc pro favore doti
A minor shall not answer except in a case of dower, and here in favor of dower.
Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subest causa praeter conventionem; sed ubi subest causa, fit obligatio, et parit actionem
Naked agreement (nudum pactum) is where there is no consideration besides the agreement; but when there is a consideration, an obligation is created and it gives a right of action.
Pacta quae turpem causam continent non sunt observanda
Contracts founded upon an immoral consideration are not to be observed.