Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Actor qui contra regulam quid adduxit non est audiendus

A pleader ought not to be heard who advances a proposition contrary to the rule (of law).

Respondeat raptor, qui ignorare non potuit quod pupillum alienum abduxit

Let the ravisher answer, for he could not be ignorant that he has taken away another's ward.

cepit et abduxit

[Latin] Hist. He took and led away. ( This declaration appeared in either a writ of trespass or a larceny indictment for theft of an animal.

dux

n. [fr. Latin ducere "to lead"] 1. Roman law. An army commander. 2. Roman law. A military governor of a province. o This term was eventually used also as a title of distinction. 3. Hist. Duke; a title of nobility. See DUKE.