Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
amicable compounder
see compounder (1).
compound
vb. 1. To put together, combine, or construct. 2. To compute (interest) on the principal and the accrued interest. 3. To settle (a matter, esp. a debt) by a money payment, in lieu of other liability; to adjust by agreement. 4. To agree for consideration not to prosecute (a crime). ( Compounding a felony in this way is itself a felony. 5. Loosely, to aggravate; to make (a crime, etc.) more serious by further bad conduct.
compound interest
Interest paid on both the principal and the previously accumulated interest. Cf. simple interest.
compound journal entry
A journal entry requiring more than one debit and credit (as when revenue is received partly in cash and partly in security).
compound larceny
See mixed larceny under LARCENY.
compounder
1. One who settles a dispute; the maker of a composition. - Also termed amicable compounder. See COMPOSITION (1). 2. One who knows of a crime by another and agrees, for a promised or received reward, not to prosecute.
compounding a crime
The offense of either agreeing not to prosecute a crime that one knows has been committed or agreeing to hamper the prosecution. - Also termed theft-bote."If a prosecuting attorney should accept money from another to induce the officer to prevent the finding of an indictment against that person this would be compounding a crime if the officer knew the other was guilty of an offense, but would be bribery whether he had such knowledge or not." Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 539 (3d ed. 1982).
precompounded prescription drug
See DRUG.