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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Compromise

n. 1. An agreement between two or more persons to settle matters in dispute between them. 2. A debtor's partial payment coupled with the creditor's promise not to claim the rest of the amount due or claimed. -compromise, ub.

Compromissarii aunt judices

Arbitrators are judges.

Compromissarius

(kom-pra-mi-sair-ee-as).[Latin] Roman law. See ARBITRATOR.

Compromissum ad similitudinem judiciorum redigitur

A compromise is brought into affinity with judgments.

abstract compromis

See general compromis under COMPROMIS.

ad hoc compromis

An agreement in which countries submit a particular dispute that has arisen between them to an ad hoc or institutionalized arbitral tribunal or to an international court. - Also termed compromis proper; special agreement.

anticipated compromis

see general comprom is under compromis.

compromis

[French] Int'l law. An agreement between two or more countries to submit an existing dispute to the jurisdiction of an arbitrator, an arbitral tribunal, or an international court.

compromis proper

See ad hoc compromis under COMPROMIS.

compromise verdict

A verdict that is reached when jurors concede some issues so they can settle other issues in their favor.

compromissum

[Latin "mutual agreement"] Roman law. An agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration.

general compromis

An agreement in which countries submit all or a definite class of disputes that may arise between them to an arbitral institution, a court, or an ad hoc arbitral tribunal by concluding a general arbitration treaty or by including an arbitration clause in a treaty. - Also termed abstract compromis; anticipated compromis.

offer in compromise

. See OFFER OF COMPROMISE.

offer of compromise

An offer by one party to settle a dispute amicably (usu. by paying money) to avoid or end a lawsuit or other legal action. ( An offer of compromise is usu. not admissible at trial as evidence of the offering party's liability. - Also termed offer in compromise; offer of settlement.