Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Articuli magnae chartae
n. [latin] hist. The 49 preliminary articles on which magna carta was founded.
Benigne faciendae sunt interpretations chartarum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et quaelibet concessio fortissime contra donatorem interpretanda est
Deeds should be subject to liberal interpretation, so that the matter may take effect rather than fail; and every grant is to be taken most strongly against the grantor.
Charta de non ente non valet
A deed of a thing not in being is not valid.
Charta non est nisi vestimentum donationis
A deed is nothing else than the vestment (or clothing) of a gift.
Chartarum super fidem, mortuis testibus, ad patriam de necessitudine recurrendum est
(A dispute) regarding the veracity of deeds, with the witnesses dead, must necessarily be referred to the country (or jury).
Confirmatio Chartarum
[Latin "confirmation of the charters"] Hist. A declaration first made by Henry III in 1225 confirming the guarantees of Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. 0 It was not enrolled until 1297, when, during the reign of Edward 1, it was enacted, thus introducing these charters into the common law. - Also spelled Conirmatio Cartarum
Grammatica falsa non vitiat chartam
False grammar does not vitiate a deed.
In traditionibus scriptorum (chartarum) non quod dictum est, sed quod gestum (factum) est, inspicitur
In the delivery of writings (deeds), not what is said but what is done is to be considered.
Librorum appellatione continentur omnia volumina, sive in charta, sive in membrana sint, sive in quavis alia material
Under the name of books are contained all volumes, whether upon paper, or on parchment, or on any other material.
Magna Charta et Charta de Foresta sont appeles les deux grandes charters
Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest are called the two great charters.
Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam; sed in expositione instrumentorum mala grammatica quoad fieri possit evitanda est
Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed; but in the construction of instruments, bad grammar, as far as possible, is to be avoided.
Quando charta continet generalem clausulam, posteaque descendit ad verba specialia quae clausulae generali sunt consentanea, interpretanda est charta secundum verba specialia
When a deed contains a general clause, and afterwards descends to special words that are consistent with the general clause, the deed is to be construed according to the special words.
Traditio loqui facit chartam
Delivery makes the deed (document) speak.
Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem
The words of deeds are taken most strongly against the person offering them.
Voluntas donatoris in charta doni sui manifeste expressa observetur
The will of the donor, if clearly expressed in the deed of his gift, should be observed.
charta
[Law Latin] Hist. 1. A charter or deed. 2. A token by which an estate is held. 3. A royal grant of privileges or liberties.
chartae libertatum
[Latin] Charters of liberties. This term refers to the two great sources of English liberties: Magna Carta and the Charta de Foresta. chartel. See CARTEL
de warrantia chartae
n. [Law Latin "of a warranty of charter"] Hist. A writ allowing a tenant enfeoffed with a warranty, who was impleaded in an assize or other action in which the tenant could not call upon the warranty, to compel the feoffor to assist the tenant with a plea or defense, or else to pay damages and the value of the land, if it is recovered against the tenant."This we still make use of in the form of common recoveries, which are grounded on a writ of entry; a species of action that we may remember relies chiefly on the weakness of the tenant's title, who therefore vouches another person to warrant it . . . . I
inchartare
vb. [Law Latin "to put in charter"] Hist. To grant by written instrument.
secundum formam chartae
[Law Latin] Hist. According to the form of the charter.
warrantia chartae
See DE WARRANTIA CHARTAE.