Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Erroneous assessment

an assessment that deviates from the law and creates a jurisdictional defect, and that is therefore invalid.

clearly-erroneous standard

The standard of review that an appellate court usu. applies in judging a trial court's treatment of factual issues. 0 Under this standard, a judgment is reversible if the appellate court is left with the firm conviction that an error has been committed.

erroneous

adj. Involving error; deviating from the law.

erroneous assessment

See ASSESSMENT.

erroneous judgment

See JUDGMENT.

erroneous tax

1. A tax levied without statutory authority. 2. A tax on property not subject to taxation. 3. A tax levied by an officer who lacks authority to levy the tax. - Also termed illegal tax.