Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Custos Brevium
[Law Latin "keeper of the writs"] Hist. A clerk who receives and files the writs returnable to the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. ( The office was abolished in 1837. - Also termed Keeper of the Briefs.
Custos Rotulorum
[Law Latin "keeper of the pleas of the Crown"] Hist. The principal justice of the peace in a county, responsible for the rolls of the county sessions of the peace. - Also termed Keeper of the Rolls.
Custos Sigilli
See KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL
Custos statum haeredis in custodia existentis meliorem, non deteriorem, facere potest
A guardian can make the estate of an heir living under his guardianship better, not worse
Si quis custos fraudem pupillo fecerit, a tutela removendus est
If a guardian commits fraud against his ward, he is to be removed from the guardianship.
capitalis custos
[Latin "chief guardian"] Hist. 1. A chief warden or magistrate. 2. Loosely, a mayor.
custos
[Latin] Hist. A keeper, protector, or guardian.
custos maris
[Law Latin "warden of the sea"] Hist. A high-ranking naval officer; an admiral. - Also termed seaward; seward.
custos morum
[Law Latin] Custodian of morals <H.L.A. Hart believed that courts should not be seen as the custos morum>. ( This name was sometimes used in reference to the Court of King's Bench. "[H]e [Viscount Simonds] approved the assertion of Lord Mansfield two centuries before that the Court of King's Bench was the custos morum of the people and had the superintendency of offences contra bonos mores." Patrick Devlin, The Enforcement of Morals 88 (1968).
custos placitorum coronae
[Law Latin] See CORONATOR.
custos spiritualium
[Law Latin "keeper of the spiritualities"] Eccles. law. A member of the clergy responsible for a diocese's spiritual jurisdiction during the vacancy of the see.
custos terrae
[Law Latin "keeper of the land"] Hist. Guardian, warden, or keeper of the land.