Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

dubitante

[Latin] Doubting. 0 This term was usu. placed in a law report next to a judge's name, indicating the judgedoubted a legal point but was unwilling to state that it was wrong. - Also termed dubitans."[Elxpressing the epitome of the common law spirit, there is the opinion entered dubitante - the judge is unhappy about some aspect of the decision rendered, but cannot quite bring himself to record an open dissent." Lon L. Fuller, Anatomy of the Law 147 (1968).