Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arbor civilis
[latin "civil tree"] a genealogical tree.
Corpus Juris Civilis
The body of the civil law, compiled and codified under the direction of the Roman emperor Justinian in A.D. 528-534. 0 The collection includes four works - the Institutes, the Digest (or Pandects), the Code, and the Novels. The title Corpus Juris Ciuilis was not original, or even early, but was modeled on the Corpus Juris Canonici and given in the 16th century and later to editions of the texts of the four component parts of the Roman law. See ROMAN LAW (1).
Homo vocabulum est naturae; persona juris civilis
"Man" (homo) is a term of nature; "person" (persona), a term of civil law.
Secta est pugna civilis, sicut actores armantur actionibus, et quasi accinguntur gladiis, its rei (e contra) muniuntur exceptionibus, et defenduntur quasi clypeis
A suit is a civil battle; just as the plaintiffs are armed with actions and, as it were, girded with swords, so (against them) the defendants are fortified with pleas, and defended as though by shields.
actio civilis
A civil action.
civilis
adj. [Latin] Of or according to civil law.
civilista
[Latinl Hist. See CIVILIAN (2).
obligatio civilis
. [Latin "civil obligation"] 1. An obligation recognized under jus civile as opposed to one recognized only under jus honorarium. -Also termed obligatio praetoria (ah-bla-gayshee-oh pri-tor-ee-a); obligatio honoraria (ahbla-gay-shee-oh [h]on-a-rain-ee-a). 2. A legally enforceable obligation, such as one by contract.
possessio civilis
[Latin] Roman law. Legal possession; that is, possession accompanied with an intent to become the owner. ( Possessio civilis served as the basis for acquiring property by prescription (usucapio). Cf. possessio naturalis.