Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assisa de mensuris
n. [law latin "assize of measures"] hast. a. Common rule for weights and measures, estai, lished by richard i in the eighth year of l reign.
Legem terrae amittentes perpetuam infamiae notam inde merito incurrunt
Those who lose the law of the land thereby justly incur an eternal stigma of infamy.
de me
[Latin] Of me. ( This phrase appeared in feudal grants to confirm that a superior lord's permission was not needed for the conveyance. This was distinguished from a conveyance a me de superiore meo ("from me of my superior"), in which the estate is to be held of the superior, and is invalid unless confirmed by the superior. Cf. A ME.
de medietate linguae
[Law Latin] Of half-tongue. ( This term describes a jury made up of an equal number of natives and aliens. Edward III originally provided for such a jury in commercial cases when one party was an alien. It was later extended to criminal cases. If enough aliens could not be found, trial proceeded with the available number.
de medio
n. [Law Latin "of mesne"] Hist. A writ against a mesne (i.e., middle) lord to protect an undertenant from harassment by a paramount lord for rent actually due from the mesne lord. - Also termed writ of mesne.
de melioribus damnis
[Law Latin] Of the better damages. ( This term describes a plaintiff's election of the defendant against which to take judgment when the jury has mistakenly awarded separate damages against two or more defendants for a joint tort. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff could take a judgment against the defendant that had been assessed the greatest damages, and then enter a nolle prosequi against the others. demented, adj. Not of sound mind; insane.
de mercatoribus
n. [Latin "of merchants"] Hist. The title of two statutes enacted in the 11th and 13th years of the reign of Edward I, providing that the land of a business debtor could be held by a creditor as security until the debt was paid. "But by the statute de mercatoribus . . . the whole of a man's lands was liable to be pledged in a statute merchant, for a debt contracted in trade; though one-half of them was liable to be taken in execution for any other debt of the owner." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 161 (1765).
jury de medietate linguae
See JURY.
trade meaning
See SECONDARY MEANING.