Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Bailiff-errant

hist. A bailiff appointed by the sheriff to deliver writs and other process within a county. Cf. Bailiffs of franchises.

Multitudo errantium non parit errori patrocinium

The multitude of those who err does not produce indulgence for error.

Non videntur qui errant consentire

They who err are not considered as consenting.

aberrant behavior

A single act of unplanned or thoughtless criminal behavior. e Many courts have held that aberrant behavior justifies a downward departure - that is, a more lenient sentence - under the federal sentencing guidelines, based on a comment in the introduction to the Guidelines Manual to the effect that the guidelines do not deal with single acts of aberrant behavior. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual, ch. 1, pt. A, 1f 4.

errant

adj. 1. Fallible; incorrect; straying from what is proper <an errant judicial holding>. 2. Traveling < a knight errant>.

justicia errante

See JUSTICE IN EYRE.