Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Nondirection

The failure of a judge to properly instruct a jury on a necessary point of law.

direction

1. The course taken in relation to the point toward which something or someone is moving; a point to or from which a person or thing moves <the storm moved in a northerly direction>. 2. The course on which something is aimed <the direction of the trial > . 3. An act of guidance < under the chair's direction>. 4. An order; an instruction on how to proceed <the judge's direction to the jury>. See JURY INSTRUCTION. 5. The address to the court contained on a bill of equity <the direction on the bill>. 6. A board of directors: a board Of managers the direction met on Wednesday

jury direction

See JURY INSTRUCTION.