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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Court of Faculties

Eccles. law. An archbishop's tribunal that grants special dispensations (such as a marriage license) and decides questions relating to monuments and mortuary matters. See MASTER OF THE FACULTIES.

Faculties, Court of

See COURT OF FACULTIES.

Faculties, Master of the

See MASTER OF THE FACULTIES.

Master of the Faculties

Eccles. law. An officer in the archdiocese of Canterbury who heads the Court of Faculties, grants licenses, and admits or removes notaries public. - Also termed magister ad facultates. See COURT OF FACULTIES.

allegation of faculties.

family law. a statement of the husband's property, made by the wife to obtain alimony. see faculties.

faculties

Hist. Eccles. law. 1. An authorization granted to a person to do what otherwise would not be allowed. 2. The extent of a husband's estate; esp., the ability to pay alimony. See ALLEGATION OF FACULTIES.