Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Dormant Commerce Clause
See COMMERSCE CLAUSE.
Dormant Commerce Clause. The constitutional principle that the Commerce Clause prevents state regulation of interstate commercial activity even when Congress has not acted under its Commerce Clause po
Commerce Court. See COURT
dormant
adj. Inactive; suspend latent a dormant judgment dormancy.
dormant claim.
A claim that is in abeyance
dormant corporation
1 An inactive corporation; a legal corporation that is presently not operating. 2. A corporation whose authority to do business has been revoked or suspended either by operation of law (as by failure to pay franchise taxes) or by an act of the government official responsible for the corporation's authority.
dormant execution
See EXECUTION.
dormant judgment
See JUDGMENT.
dormant judgment.
A judgment that has not been executed or enforced within the statutory time limit. ( As a result, any judgment lien may have been lost and execution cannot be issued unless the judgment creditor first revives the judgment. See REVIVAL (1).
dormant legislative intent
See LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
dormant partner
See silent partner under PARTNER.
dormant partner.
See silent partner.
dormant title
A title in real property held in abeyance.