Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A summo remedio ad in feriorem actionem non habetur regressus neque auxilium
From the highest remedy to an inferior action there is no recourse or assistance.
Electio semel facta, et placitum testatum, non patitur regressum
An election once made, and a plea witnessed (or intent shown), allows no going back.
Regress
n. 1. The act or an instance of going or coming back; return or reentry < free entry, egress, and regress>. 2. The right or liberty of going back; reentry. Cf. EGRESS; INGRESS. 3. Hist. The right to repayment or compensation; recourse. - regress (ri-gres), vb.
Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressum emptor in venditorem
If the property is taken from him by eviction, whether whole or in part, the purchaser has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21.2.1.
egress
1. The act of going out or leaving. 2. The right or ability to leave; a way of exit. Cf. INGRESS.
free entry, egress, and regress
Hist. A person's right to go on land as often as reasonably necessary. ( A tenant could go on land to gather crops still growing after the tenancy expired.
ingress, egress, and regress.
The right of a lessee to enter, leave, and reenter the land in question.
regressive tax
A tax structured so that the tax rate decreases as the tax base increases. A flat tax (such as the typical sales tax) is usu. considered regressive - despite its constant rate - because it is more burdensome for low-income taxpayers than high-income taxpayers. Cf. progressive tax; flat tax.
regressive tax.
See TAX.