Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Crimen falsi dicitur, cum quis illicitus, cui non fuerit ad hoea data auctoritas, de sigillo regis rapto vel invento brevia cartasve consignaverit
It is called "crimen falsi" when anyone to whom power has not been given for such purposes has illicitly signed writs or grants with the king's seal, either stolen or found.
censo consignativo
A transferable annuity, backed by a lien on the debtor's real property. 0 The debtor retains full legal title to the real property.
consign
ub. 1. To transfer to another's custody or charge. 2. To give (goods) to a carrier for delivery to a designated recipient. 3. To give (merchandise or the like) to another to sell, usu. with the understanding that the seller will pay the owner for the goods from the proceeds."By a valuable consideration is meant something of value given or promised by one party in exchange for the promise of the other .... The thing thus given by way of consideration must be of some value. That is to say, it must be material to the interests of one or the other or both of the parties. It must either involve some gain or benefit to the promisor by way of recompense for the burden of his promise, or it must involve some loss or disadvantage to the promisee for which the benefit of the promise is a recompense." John Salmond, Jurisprudence 360 (Glanville L. Williams ed., 10th ed. 1947).
consignee
One to whom goods are consigned.
consignment
1 The act of consigning goods for custody or sale. 2. A quantity of goods delivered by this act, esp. in a single shipment. 3. Under the UCC, a transaction in which a person delivers goods to a merchant for the purpose of sale, and (1) the merchant deals in goods of that kind under a name other than the name of the person making delivery, is not an auctioneer, and is not generally known by its creditor to be substantially engaged in selling others' goods, (2) with respect to each delivery, the aggregate value of the goods is $1,000 or more at the time of delivery, (3) the goods are not consumer goods immediately before delivery, and (4) the transaction does not create a security interest that secures an obligation. UCC ยง 9-102(a)(13).
consignment sale
A sale of an owner's property (such as clothing or furniture) by a third party entrusted to make the sale. See CONSIGNMENT.
consignor
One who dispatches goods to another on consignment.
reconsignment.
A change in the terms of a consignment while the goods are in transit. See CONSIGNMENT.