Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Culpa lata dolo aequiparatur
Gross negligence is equivalent to fraud.
Dolo facit qui petit quod redditurus est
A person acts with deceit who seeks what he will have to return.
Dolo malo pactum se non servaturum
An agreement induced by fraud will not preserve itself (will not stand).
Dolosus versatur in generalibus
A deceiver deals in generalities.
Dolum ex indiciis perspicuis probari convenit
Fraud should be proved by clear proofs.
Dolus
[Latin "device; artifice"] Roman & civil law. 1. Fraud or deceit; conduct intended to deceive someone. ( Although there may be dolus without fraud, fraud always includes dolus. Cf CASUs; CULPA. 2. Intentional aggression; willful injury, esp. to another's property. - Also termed dolus malus; fraus. "In the twelfth century the resuscitated Roman law introduced some new ideas. Men began to contrast, as Glanvill does civil with criminal causes to speak of dolus and cupa and casus and to lay stress on the psychical element in crime 2 frederick Pollock & Frederic W Maitland History of English law Before the Time of Edward
Dolus auctoris non nocet successori
The fraud of a predecessor does not prejudice the successor.
Dolus circuitu non purgatur
Fraud is not purged by circuity.
Dolus est machinatio, cum aliud dissimulat aliud agit
Deceit is an artifice, since it pretends one thing and does another.
Dolus et fraus nemini patrocinentur (patrocinari debent)
Deceit and fraud should excuse or benefit no one (they themselves require some excuse).
Dolus latet in generalibus
Fraud lurks in generalities.
Dolus versatur in generalibus
Fraud deals in generalities.
Eurodollar
A U.S. dollar deposited in a foreign bank and used in European money markets.
Ex dolo malo non oritur action
An action does not arise from a fraud.
Flexdollars
Money that an employer pays an employee, who can apply it to a choice of employee benefits.
Fraus et dolus nemini patrocinari debent.
Fraud and deceit should excuse no one.
In commodato haec pactio, ne dolus pra-Vetur, rata non est
In a loan for use (cor,.modatum), a pact excluding liability for fraud is invalid. a Often extended to contracts for loans in general. Dig. 13.6.17.
Lata culpa dolo aequiparatur
Gross negligence is equivalent to fraud.
Magna culpa dolus est. Great fault
is equivalent to fraud.
Magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpQ dolus est
Great negligence is fault; great fault is fraud.
Nemo ex dolo suo proprio relevetur aut auxilium capiat
Let no one be relieved or gain advantage by his own fraud.
Nemo ex proprio dolo consequitur actionem
No one acquires a right of action from his own wrong (or deception).
Nullus debet agere de dolo, ubi alia actio subset
Where another form of action is given, no one ought to sue in the action de dolo.
Nullus videtur dolo facere qui suo jure utitur
No one is to be regarded as acting by fraud who exercises his legal right.
Pacta conventa quae neque contra leges neque dolo malo inita sunt, omni modo observanda sunt
Contracts that have been entered neither illegally nor with fraud must in all respects be observed.
Pro possessore habetur qui dolo injuriave desiit possidere
A person is considered a possessor who has ceased possession through fraud or injury.
Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est
A person who has done anything by order of a judge is not considered to have acted in fraud, because it is necessary to obey.
Quidquid enim sive dolo et culpa venditoris accidit in eo venditor securus est
For concerning anything that occurs without deceit and guilt on the part of the vendor, the vendor is secure.
Vulla pactione effici potest ne dolus praestetur
No agreement is sufficient to effect that there be no liability for fraud. Dig. 2.14.27.3.
actio de dolo malo
An action of fraud. 0 This type of action was widely applied in cases involving deceitful conduct. - Also termed actio doli
capax doli
See DOW CAPAX.
constant dollars
The value of current money expressed as a percentage of its buying power in a previous year as determined by the consumer price index.
de dolo malo
[Latin] Of or based on fraud. See ACTIO DE DOLO MALO.
dol
n. [French "deceit; fraud"] Civil law. Fraud committed in inducing another to enter into a contract. See fraud in the inducement under FRAUD. Cf. FRAUDE.
doli capax
adj. [Latin "capable of wrong"] Roman law. Capable of committing a crime or tort; esp., old enough to determine right from wrong. - Also termed capax doli. Cf. DOLI INCAPAX."In criminal cases, an infant of the age of fourteen years may be capitally punished for any capital offence: but under the age of seven he cannot. The period between seven and fourteen is subject to much incertainty: for the infant shall, generally speak
doli incapax
adj. [Latin "incapable of wrong"] Roman law. Incapable of committing a crime or tort. - Also termed incapax doli. Cf. DOW CAPAX.
dollar-cost averaging
n. The investment practice of purchasing a fixed dollar amount of a type of security at regular intervals.
dolo
n. [Spanish] Spanish law. Bad or mischievous design, as in dolo malo pactum se non servaturum ("an agreement induced by fraud cannot stand").
dolus bonus
[Latin "good deceit"] Shrewdness or justifiable deceit, as when a person lies to an attacker to prevent an assault. ( Dolus bonus does not produce any legal consequences.
dolus malus
[Latin "bad or evil deceit"] Evil or fraudulent design or intent; an unjustifiable deceit.
ex dolo malo
[Latin] Out of fraud; out of deceitful or tortious conduct.
exceptio doli mali
An exception or plea of fraud.
fixed-dollar investment
An investment whose value is the same when sold as it was when purchased. ( Examples are bonds held to maturity, certain government securities, and savings accounts.
hard dollars.
1. Cash proceeds given to a seller. 2. The part of an equity investment that is not deductible in the first year. Cf. SOFT DOLLARS.
incapax doli
See CAPAX DOLL
non intromittendo, quando breve praecipe in capite subdole impetratur
n. [Latin "not interfering, when the writ praecipe in capite was obtained by deceit"] Hist. A writ issued to the King's Bench or Eyre, commanding them not to aid a person who obtained a praecipe in capite for lands from the king because that person likely obtained the writ deceitfully, and ordering them to put that person to the writ of right.
soft dollars
1. Securities. The credits that brokers give their clients in return for the clients' stock-trading business. 2. The portion of an equity investment that is tax-deductible in the first year. Cf. HARD DOLLARS.
split-dollar insurance
See INSURANCE.