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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

exeat

n. 1. Generally, permission to go outside (a place). 2. Permission that a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Cf. NE EXEAT REPUBLICA.

ne exeat republica

n. [Latin "let him not go out of the republic"] 1. A writ restraining a person from leaving the republic. 2. A chancery writ ordering the person to whom it is addressed not to leave the jurisdiction of the court or the state. ( Ne exeat writs - no longer widely used - are usu. issued to ensure the satisfaction of a claim against the defendant. - Often shortened to ne exeat. - Also termed writ of ne exeat; ne exeat regno.

writ of ne exeat

See NE EXEAT REPUBLICA.