Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
cautio
[Latin "security"] Roman & civil law. 1. Security given to ensure the performance of an obligation. See BAIL; BOND (2). 2. A surety.
cautio Muciana
[Latin "security introduced by Mucius Scaevola"] Security given by an heir or legatee to obtain immediate possession of a conditional inheritance. ( The condition in the will usu. required an heir to refrain from doing some act, such as marriage or overseas travel.
cautio ideiussoria
[Latin "security from a third party"] Security given by a third party. - Also spelled cautio fidejussoria.
cautio judicatem solvi
[Latin] A plaintiff's security for court costs.
cautio pignoratitia
[Latin "security by pledge"] Security given by pledging goods. Cf. PIGNORATITIA ACTIO.
cautio pro expensis
[Latin "security for costs"] Security for court costs.
cautio pro expensis.
[Latin "security for costs"] Security for court costs.
cautio usu fructuaria
[Latin "tenant's security"] Security given by a tenant for life or a term for years against waste of the rented property. See USUFRUCT.
caution
Civil & Scots law. 1. Security given to ensure performance of some obligation. 2. The person who gives the security. See BAIL.
caution money
See EARNEST MONEY.
cautionary instruction
1 A judge's instruction to the jurors to disregard certain evidence or consider it for specific purposes only. 2. A judge's instruction for the jury not to be influenced by outside factors and not to talk to anyone about the case while the trial is in progress.
cautionary instruction.
See JURY INSTRUCTION
cautione admittenda
See DE CAUTIONE ADMITTENDA.
de cautione admittenda
n. [Law Latin "of security to be taken"] Hist. A writ ordering a bishop who had imprisoned an excommunicated person for contempt, even though the prisoner had offered bail and promised to obey the church in the future, to take the offered security and release the prisoner. decease, n. See DEATH. decease, vb. To die; to depart from life