Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Chacea est ad communem legem
A chase (or hunting ground) exists by common law.
Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum quaestum convertendum
Commerce, by the law of nations, ought to be common and not converted into a monopoly and the private gain of a few.
Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata privat communem legem.
Custom observed by reason of a certain and reasonable cause supersedes the common law.
Consuetudo tollit communem legem
Custom takes away the common law.
Consuetudo vincit communem legem.
Custom overrules common law.
De jure decimarum, originem ducens de jure patronatus, tunc cognitio spectat at legem civilem, i.e., communem
With regard to the right of tithes, deducing its origin from the right of the patron, then the cognizance of them belongs to the civil law, i.e., common law.
Dispensatio est vulnus, quod vulnerat jus commune
A dispensation is a wound, because it wounds a common right.
Flumina et portus publica sunt, ideoque jus piscandi omnibus commune est
Rivers and ports are public; and therefore the right of fishing is common to all.
Leges Angliae sunt tripartitae: jus commune, consuetudines, ac decreta comitiorum
The laws of England are threefold: common law, customs, and decrees of parliament.
Quae dubitationis causa tollendae inseruntur communem legem non laedunt
Whatever is inserted for the purpose of removing doubt does not hurt the common law.
Quae dubitationis tollendae causa contractibus inseruntur jus commune non laedunt
Clauses inserted in agreements to remove ambiguity do not prejudice the general law. Dig. 50.17.81.
Verba mere aequivoca, si per communern usum loquendi in intellectu certo sumun tur, talis intellectus praeferendus est
When words are purely equivocal, if by con mon usage of speech they are taken in a ce-a ~: meaning, such meaning is to be preferred.
ad commune nocumentum
adu. [Law Latin] To the common nuisance.
ad communem legem
n. [Law Latin "to common law"] Hist. A writ of entry available after the death of a life tenant to recover a reversionary interest in land alienated by the tenant. - Also termed entry ad communem legem.
commune
n. A community of people who share property.
commune forum
I Latin "common place of justice" I 11t.st. The seat of the principal English courts, osp. those that. do not go on circuit.
commune placitum
[Latin "common plea"] Hist. A common plea between persons, as opposed to a plea of the Crown (i.e., a criminal action). Pl. communia placita.
commune vinculum
[Latin "common bond"] Hist. A relationship or link between persons; esp., the bond between lord and tenant, or the relationship between relatives.
contra jus commune
[Latin] Against common right or law, contrary to the rule of the common law.
dies communes in banco
n. [Law Latin "common days in banc"] 1. Regular appearance dates in court. - Also termed common-return days. 2. An enactment printed under the Statutes of Henry III, regulating continuances and writ return dates. 0 Examples include the Statutes of the Realm, Statutes of Uncertain Date, and Statutes at Large.
entry ad communem legem
[Latin] Hist. 1. Entry at common law. 2. AD COMMUNEM LEGEM.
jus commune
n. 1. Roman & civil law. The common or public law or right, as opposed to a law or right established for special purposes. Cf JUS SINGULARS. 2. The common law of England. See COMMON LAW (3).
res communes
[Latin "common things"] Civil law. Things common to all; things that cannot be owned or appropriated, such as light, air, and the sea.
secundum legem communem
[Law Latin] Hist. According to the common law.