Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
de vasto
n. [Law Latin "of waste"] A writ allowing a reversioner or remainderman to compel a tenant for life or for years to appear and answer for the waste and resulting damage to the plaintiff's inheritance.
prohibitio de vasto, directa parti
[Latin "prohibition of waste, directed to the party"] Hist. A writ issued during litigation prohibiting a tenant from committing waste.