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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Contestatio litis eget terminos contradictarios.

An issue requires terms of contradiction. ( (That is, there can be no issue without an affirmative on one side and a negative on the other.)

contestatio litis

[Latin "contestation of suit"] 1. Roman law. A position statement in an action, given by the litigants to the praetor for approval and submission to a judge (judex) for a decision.2. Hist. The development in a lawsuit -brought about by the litigants' alternating statements - of a point in controversy. 3. Hist. An issue developed by the litigants' alternating statements. 4. CONTESTATION OF SUIT. - Also termed litis contestatio. See LITISCONTESTATION.