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.
Crimen laesae majestatis omnia alia crimina excedit quoad poenam
The crime of treason exceeds all other crimes in its punishment.
Crimen trahit personam
The crime brings with it the person. ( That is, the commission of a crime gives the courts of the place where it is committed jurisdiction over the person of the offender.
Felonia, ex vi termini, significat quodlibet capitale crimen felleo animo perpetratum
Fc lony, by force of the term, signifies any capital crime perpetrated with a malicious intent.
Nullum crimen majus est inobedientia
No crime is greater than disobedience.
Omne crimen ebrietas et incendit et detegit
Drunkenness both inflames and reveals every crime.
crimen
n. [Latin] 1. An accusation or charge of a crime. 2. A crime. Pl. crimina (krim-a-na).
crimen falsi
[Latin "the crime of falsifying"] 1. A crime in the nature of perjury. 2. Any other offense that involves some element of dishonesty or false statement. See Fed. R. Evid. 609(a)(2). "The starting point [for perjury] seems to have been the so-called crimen falsi, - crime of falsifying. In the beginning, perhaps, one convicted of perjury was deemed too untrustworthy to be permitted to testify in any other case, and the idea grew until the term crimen falsi' included any crime involving an element of deceit, fraud or corruption." Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Lace 26 (3d ed. 1982).
crimen furti
[Latin "the crime of stealing"] See THEFT.
crimen incendii
[Latin "the crime of burning"] See ARSON.
crimen innominatum
[Latin "the nameless crime"] See SODOMY.
crimen majestatis
[Latin "crime against majesty"] Hist. High treason; any crime against the king's person or dignity; LESS MAJESTY. 0 Under Roman law, crimen majestatis denoted any enterprise by a Roman citizen or other person against the emperor or the republic. - Also spelled crimen maiestatis. - Also termed crimen laesae majestatis. Cf. PERDUELLIO.
crimen raptus
[Latin "the crime of rape"] See RAPE.
crimen repetundarum
[Latin] Roman law. The crime of bribery or extortion.
crimen roberiae
[Latin "the crime of robbery"] ROBBERY. crime of omission See CRIME.
falsi crimen
See CRIMEN FALSI.
flagrans crimen
[Latin] A crime in the very act of its commission or of recent occurrence; a fresh crime.