Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Adversus extraneos vitiosa possessio prodesse solet
Possession though faulty is usually sufficient against outsiders. ( Prior possession is a good title of ownership against all who cannot show a better.
As-extracted collateral
see collateral.
Bonum necessarium extra terminos necessitates non est bonum
A thing good from necessity is not good beyond the limits of the necessity.
Extra legem positus est civiliter mortuus.
An outlaw is dead as a citizen.
Extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paretur
One who gives a judgment outside his jurisdiction is disobeyed with impunity. ( There is no punishment for disobeying. Dig. 2.1.20.
Extra territorium jus dicenti non paretur impune
One who gives a judgment outside his jurisdiction is not obeyed with impunity. ( Anyone who executes such a judgment may be punished. 10 Coke 77.
Extradition Clause
The clause of the U.S. Constitution providing that any accused person who flees to another state must, on request of the executive authority of the state where the crime was committed, be returned to that state. U.S. Const. art. IV, ยง 2, cl. 2.
Extrahazardous
adj. Especially or unusually dangerous. ( This term is often applied to exceptionally dangerous railroad crossings.
Extrajudicial
adj. Outside court; outside the functioning of the court system <extrajudicial confessions>. - Also termed out-of-court.
Extranational
adj. Beyond the territorial and governing limits of a country.
Extraordinary average
a contribution by all the parties concerned in a commercial voyage - whether for vessel or cargo -toward a loss sustained by some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all.
Extraparochial
adj. Out of a parish; not within the bounds or limits of any parish.
Extraterritorial
adj. Beyond the geographic limits of a particular jurisdiction. - Also termed exterritorial.
Extraterritoriality
The freedom of diplomats, foreign ministers, and royalty from the jurisdiction of the country in which they temporarily reside. - Also termed exterritoriality. See diplomatic immunity under IMMUNITY (1).
Extravagantes
n. pl. [Law Latin "wandering"] Eccles. law. Papal constitutions and decretal epistles of Pope John XXII and his successors. & These epistles were so called because they were not digested or arranged with the other papal constitutions, but appeared detached from canon law; the term remained even after the epistles were later included in the body of canon law.
Haeredipetae suo propinquo vel extraneo, periculoso sane custodi, nullus committatur.
Let no ward be entrusted to the next heir in succession, whether his own relation or a stranger, as the next heir is surely a dangerous guardian. Co. Litt. 88b.
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents.
An international convention, convened on November 15, 1965, that dictates the formal and usu. complicated procedures for effecting service of process in a foreign country. ( More than 35 countries are parties to the convention, including the United States, which became a signatory on February 10, 1969.
Minor qui infra aetatem 12 annorum fuerit utlagari non potest nec extra legem poni, quia ante talem aetatem, non est sub lege aliqua nec in decenna
A minor who is under 12 years of age cannot be outlawed nor placed beyond the law, because before such age he is not under any law nor in a decennary.
Nemo de domo sua extrahi potest
No one can be dragged (taken by force) from his own house. Dig. 50.17.103.
Nunquam decurritur ad extraordinarium sed ubi deficit ordinarium
One never resorts to the extraordinary but when the ordinary fails.
Recurrendum est ad extraordinarium quando non valet ordinarium
We must have recourse to what is extraordinary when what is ordinary fails.
Reservatio non debet esse de proficuis ipsis quia ea conceduntur, sed de redditu novo extra proficua
A reservation ought not to be of the annual increase itself, because it is granted, but of new rent apart from the annual increase.
Ubi cessat remedium ordinarium, ibi decurritur ad extraordinarium
When a common remedy ceases to be of service, recourse is had to an extraordinary one.
Verba ordinationis, quando verificari possunt in sua vera significatione, trahi ad extraneum intellectum non debent
When the words of an ordinance can be made true in their true signification, they ought not to be warped to a foreign meaning.
ab extra
(ab ek-stray, adv. [Latin] From outside; extra; beyond.
acte extrajudiciaire
A document served by a huissier at the request of one party on another party without legal proceedings. See HUISSIER (1).
as-extracted collateral
1. Oil, gas, or other minerals that are subject to a security interest that is created by a debtor having an interest in the minerals before extraction and that attaches to the minerals as they are extracted. UCC 9-102(a)(4)(A). 2. An account arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead of oil, gas, or other minerals in which the debtor had an interest before extraction. UCC 9-102(a)(4)(B).
crimina extraordinaria
[Latin] Roman law. Extraordinary crimes.
dextras dare
ub. [Latin "to give right hands"] 1. To shake hands to show friendship. 2. To give oneself up to the power of another.
envoy extraordinary
Int'l law. A person who heads a legation rather than an embassy. 0 In current usage, the term is honorific and has no special significance.
extra
prep. [Latin] Beyond; except; without; out of; additional.
extra allowance
In New York practice, a sum in addition to costs that may, in the court's discretion, be awarded to the successful party in an unusually difficult case.
extra commercium
[Latin] Outside commerce. ( This phrase was used in Roman and civil law to describe property dedicated to public use and not subject to private ownership.
extra dividend
See extraordinary dividend under DIVIDEND.
extra feodum
[Latin] Out of his fee; out of the seigniory.
extra judicium
[Latin] Extrajudicial; out of court; beyond the jurisdiction.
extra jus
[Latin] Beyond the law; more than the law requires. extralateral right See APEX RULE,
extra legem
[Latin] Out of the law; out of the protection of the law.
extra praesentiam mariti
[Latin] Out of her husband's presence.
extra quatuor maria
[Latin] 1. Beyond the four seas. 2. Out of the kingdom of England.
extra regnum
[Latin] Out of the realm.
extra session
See special session under SESSION.
extra territorium
[Latin] Beyond or outside the territory.
extra viam
[Latin "out of the way"] A plaintiff's responsive pleading in a trespass action, asserting that the defendant's claim of a right-of-way across the plaintiffs land is not a defense to the action because the defendant strayed from the supposed right-ofway. ,
extra vires
See ULTRA VIRES.
extra work
In construction law, work not required under the contract; something done or furnished in addition to the contract's requirements; work entirely outside and independent of the contract and not contemplated by it. ( A contractor is usu. entitled to charge for extra work consisting of labor and materials not contemplated by or subsumed within the original contract, at least to the extent that the property owner agrees to a change order. Materials and labor not contemplated by the contract, but that are required by later changes in the plans and specifications, are considered to be extra work. - Also termed additional work.
extract
ub. To draw out or forth; to pull out from a fixed position.
extracta curiae
Hist. The issues or profits of holding a court, arising from customary dues, fees, and amercements.
extradite
ub. 1. To surrender or deliver (a fugitive) to another jurisdiction. 2. To obtain the surrender of (a fugitive) from another jurisdiction.
extradition
The official surrender of an alleged criminal by one state or nation to another having jurisdiction over the crime charged; the return of a fugitive from justice, regardless of consent, by the authorities where the fugitive resides. Cf. RENDITION (2).