Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Contractus legem ex conventione accipiunt

Contracts receive legal validity from the agreement of the parties.

Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subest causa praeter conventionem; sed ubi subest causa, fit obligatio, et parit actionem

Naked agreement (nudum pactum) is where there is no consideration besides the agreement; but when there is a consideration, an obligation is created and it gives a right of action.

breve de conventione.

See WRIT OF COVENANT.

conventione

[Latin] Hist. A writ for the breach of a written covenant. ( This writ was often used when parties wished to convey land by fine. - Also termed writ of covenant. See FINE (1).

non infregit conventionem

[Latin "he committed no breach of covenant"] Hist. A defensive plea in an action for breach of covenant.