Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

code state

Hist. A state that, at a given time, had already procedurally merged law and equity, so that equity was no longer administered as a separate system. ( This term was current primarily in the early to mid-20th century.

noncode state

Hist. A state that, at a given time, had not procedurally merged law and equity, so that equity was still administered as a separate system. ( The term was current primarily in the early to mid-20th century. -Also termed common-law state. Cf. CODE STATE.