Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Concordare leges legibus est optimus interpretandi modus
To make laws agree with laws is the best mode of interpreting them.
Concordat
1. An agreement between a government and a church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church."The qualification of a treaty as a concordat depends only upon its object and purpose, not upon the name or outward form chosen by the parties. Although the term originally was also used for treaties between States, it has increasingly become restricted to only those treaties concluded with the Holy See." Heribert Franz K6ck, "Concordats," in 1 Encyclopedia of Public International Law 164 (1992).2. Hist. Eccles. law. An agreement between ecclesiastical persons concerning a benefice, such as a resignation or promotion. See BENEFICE. 3. An agreement between secular persons or entities.
Concordia discordantium canonum
. [Latin "the harmony of the discordant canons"] Hist. A collection of ecclesiastical authorities compiled by Gratian, an Italian monk, ca. 1140. 0 Gratian analyzed questions of law by drawing conclusions from side-by-side comparisons of a variety of texts. Later canonist scholarship usu. proceeded from Gratian's work. -Also termed Decretum Gratiani; Decretum.
Concordia parvae res crescunt et opulentia lites
Small means increase by concord and litigations by opulence.
Distinguenda sunt tempora; distingue tempora, et concordabis leges
Times are to be distinguished; distinguish times, and you will harmonize laws.
Finis est amicabilis compositio et ftnalis concordia ex concensu et concordia domino regis vel justiciarum
A fine is an amicable settlement and decisive agreement by consent and agreement of our lord, the king, or his justicies.
Interpretare et concordare leges legibus est optimus interpretandi modus.
To interpret and reconcile laws so they harmonize is the best mode of construction.
Nihil infra regnum subditos magic conservat in tranquilitate et concordia quam debita legum administration
Nothing better preserves the subjects of the realm in tranquillity and concord than a due administration of the laws. 2 Co. Inst. 158.
Non differunt quae concordant re, tametsi non in verbis iisdem
Those things that agree in substance, even if not in the same words, do not differ.
ad quod curia concordavit
[law latin] to which the court agreed.
concord
n. 1. An amicable arrangement between parties, esp. between peoples or nations; a compact or treaty. 2. Archaic. An agreement to compromise and settle an action in trespass. "Concord is an Agreement made between two or more, upon a Trespass committed; and is divided into Concord executory, and Concord executed ... one binds not, as being imperfect, but the other is absolute, and ties the Party." Giles Jacob, A New Law-Dictionary (8th ed. 1762). 3. Archaic. An in-court agreement in which a person who acquired land by force acknowledges that the land in question belongs to the complainant. See DEFORCE."Next comes the concord, or agreement itself, after leave obtained from the court; which is usually an acknowledgment from the deforciants (or those who keep the other out of possession) that the lands in question are the right of the complainant." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 350 (1766). 4. Hist. The settlement of a dispute.
concordatory
adj. Of or relating to a concordat, esp. one between church and state in France.
final concord
A written agreement between the parties to an action by which they settle the action in court, with the court's permission. - Also termed finalis concordia; final peace.
finalis Concordia
[Latin] A final or conclusive agreement. See final concord under CONCORD; FINE (1).
haec est finalis concordia
[Law Latin] Hist. This is the final agreement. a The words that began a fine, a fictitious judicial proceeding formerly in use as a mode of conveying land. See FOOT OF THE FINE; FINE.
licentia concordandi
n. [Law Latin "license to agree"] Hist. One of the proceedings on levying a fine of lands. See CONGI; D'ACCORDER. "The licentia concordandi, or leave to agree the suit. For, as soon as the action is brought, the defendant knowing himself to be in the wrong, is supposed to make overtures of peace and accommodation to the plaintiff. Who, accepting them, but having, upon suing out the writ, given pledges to prosecute his suit, which he endangers if he now deserts it without license, he therefore applies to the court for leave to make the matter up." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 350 (1766).