Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
De jure judices, de facto juratores, respon
dent. The judges answer regarding the law, the jury on the facts.
Juri non est consonum quod aliquis accessorius in curia regis convincatur antequam aliquis de facto fuerit attinctus
It is not consonant to justice that any accessory should be convicted in the king's court before anyone has been attainted of the fact (i.e., under sentence of attainder for committing the act). ( The accessory should not be convicted before the principal is proved guilty. 2 Co. Inst. 183.
Nomen non sufcit si res non sit de jure aut de facto
A name does not suffice if the' thing does not exist by law or by fact.
Statute of Allegiance de Facto
Hist. A statute requiring subjects to give allegiance to the actual (de facto) king, and protecting them in so doing. 11 Hen. 7, ch. 1. Statute of Amendments and Jeofails(jefaylz) Hist. One of several 15th- and 16thcentury statutes allowing a party who acknowledges a pleading error to correct it. 1 Hen. 5, ch. 5 (1413); 32 Hen. 8, ch. 30 (1540); 37 Hen. 8, ch. 6 (1545). See JEOFAIL.
corporation de facto
See de facto corporation.
de facto
adj. [Law Latin "in point of fact"] 1. Actual; existing in fact; having effect even though not formally or legally recognized <a de facto contract> 2. Illegitimate but in effect <a de facto government. Cf. DE JURE.
de facto adoption
See ADOPTION
de facto adoption.
an adoption that falls short of the statutory requirements in a particular state. the adoption agreement may ripen to a de jure adoption when the statutory formalities have been met. 2. contracts. the process by which a person agrees to assume a contract previously made for that person's benefit, such as a newly formed corporation's acceptance of a preincorporation contract. - adopt, ub. - adoptive,adj
de facto contract of sale
See CONTRACT
de facto corporation
An incompletely formed corporation whose existence operates as a defense to personal liability of the directors, officers, and shareholders who in good faith thought they were operating the business as a duly formed corporation. - Also termed corporation de facto.
de facto court
See COURT
de facto dissolution
The termination and liquidation of a corporation's business, esp. because of an inability to pay its debts.
de facto government
See GOVERNMENT.
de facto judge
A judge operating under color of law but whose authority is procedurally defective, such as a judge appointed under an unconstitutional statute.
de facto marriage
A marriage that, despite the parties' living under color of law as man and wife, is defective for some reason.
de facto merger
A transaction that has the economic effect of a statutory merger but that is cast in the form of an acquisition or sale of assets or voting stock. ( Although such a, transaction does not meet the statutory requirements for a merger, a court will generally treat it as a statutory merger for purposes of the appraisal remedy.
de facto officer
See officer de facto under OFFICER (1).
de facto segregation
See SEGREGATION.
de facto segregation.
Segregation that occurs without state authority, usu. on the basis of socioeconomic factors.
de facto taking
A taking in which an entity clothed with eminent-domain power substantially interferes with an owner's use, possession, or enjoyment of property.
heres de facto
[Law Latin "heir from fact"] Hist. 1. An heir whose status arises from the disseisin or other wrongful act of the heir's ancestor. See DISSEISIN. 2. An heir in fact, as distinguished from an heir by law (de jure).
municipal corporation de facto
See MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
officer de facto
. See OFFICER (1).