Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
deviation doctrine
1. A principle allowing variation from a term of a will or trust to avoid defeating the document's purpose. 2. A principle allowing an agent's activity to vary slightly from the scope of the principal's permission. 3. The rule that an insurance policy covering a ship's voyage is canceled if the ship deviates unreasonably from its course.