Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
comes
[Latin] Hist. 1. A count or earl. 2. A person who is part of a high government official's retinue. Pl. comites. See COMl-TATUS.
comes and defends.
Archaic. Traditionally, the standard commencement of a defendant's plea or demurrer. ( The phrase, now rarely used, announces the defendant's appearance in court and intent to defend against the action.
comes now.
Archaic. Traditionally, the standard commencement in pleadings <Comes now the plaintiff, Gilbert Lewis, by and through his attorneys of record, and would show unto the court the following>. 0 For a plural subject, the phrase is come now <Come now the plaintiffs, Bob and Louise Smith>. - Also termed now comes. - Sometimes shortened to comes <Comes the State of Tennessee>.
levari facias quando vicecomes returnavit quod non habuit emptores
n. [Law Latin "that you cause to be levied the damages from the disseisors"] Hist. A writ directing a sheriff, who had already seized some of the debtor's property and found it unsalable, to sell as much additional property as necessary to pay the entire debt.
now comes
See COMES NOW.
time order. An order that becomes a market or limited-price order at a specified time. order absolute
See decree absolute under DECREE.
vice-comes
, n. [Law Latin] Hist. 1. VISCOUNT. 2. SHERIFF. - Also spelled vicecomes.