Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
An organization that drafts and proposes statutes for adoption by individual states, with the goal of making the laws on various subjects uniform among the states. ( Founded in 1892 and composed of representatives from all 50 states, the Conference has drafted more than 200 uniform laws, including the Uniform Commercial Code. -Abbr. NCCUSL. - Also termed Uniform Law Commissioners. See UNIFORM ACT; MODEL ACT.
Uniform Law Commissioners
See NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
United States Commissioner
Hist. A judicial officer appointed by a U.S. district court to hear a variety of pretrial matters in criminal cases. ( Commissioners' duties have been transferred to U.S. Magistrate Judges. Cf. UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE. commissioner's court See COURT,
commissioner
1. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. 2. The administrative head of an organization, such as a professional sport.
commissioner o f woods and forests
Hist. An officer who, by an 1817 Act of Parliament, assumed the jurisdiction of the Chief Justice of the Forest.
commissioner of bail
An officer appointed to take bail bonds.
commissioner of deeds
An officer authorized by a state to take acknowledgments of deeds and other papers while residing in another state. ( The acknowledgments are recognized in the state that licensed the commissioner. Cf. NOTARY PUBLIC.
commissioner of highways
A public officer responsible for overseeing the construction, alteration, and repair of highways.
commissioner's court
In certain states, a court having jurisdiction over county affairs and often functioning more as a managerial group than as a judicial tribunal. common pleas court. See COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
county commissioner
See COMMISSIONER.
court commissioner
An officer appointed by the court esp. to hear and report facts, or to conduct judicial sales.
ecclesiastical commissioners
Hist. English law. A group of people empowered to suggest measures to improve the established church's efficiency, to be ratified by orders in council. 0 This body of commissioners, established by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act (1836), has been dissolved. Its functions, rights, and property are now vested in church commissioners. St. 6 & 7 Will. 4, ch. 77.
insurance commissioner
A public official who supervises the insurance business conducted in a state.
jury commissioner
An officer responsible fi choosing the panels of potential jurors in given county.
town commissioner
A member of the board of administrative officers charged with managing the town's business.