Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Afnis mei affinis non est mihi affinis
A person connected by marriage to someone connected by marriage to me is no connection of mine.
Debet esse finis litium
There ought to be a limit to litigation.
Executio est finis et fructus legis
Execution of the law is its end and fruition.
Expedit rei publicae ut sit finis litium
It is to the advantage of the state that there should be a limit to litigation.
Finis est amicabilis compositio et ftnalis concordia ex concensu et concordia domino regis vel justiciarum
A fine is an amicable settlement and decisive agreement by consent and agreement of our lord, the king, or his justicies.
Finis finem litibus imponit
A fine puts an end to litigation.
Finis rei attendendus est
The end of a thing is to be attended to.
Finis unius diei est principium alterius
The end of one day is the beginning of another.
Instans est finis unius temporis et principium alterius.
An instant is the end of one time and the beginning of another.
Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium.
It is in the interest of the state that there be a limit to litigation.
Quam rationabilis debet esse finis, non detnitur, sed omnibus circumstantiis inspectis pendet ex justiciariorum discretione
How reasonable a fine should be is not defined, but depends on the discretion of the judges, after all the circumstances have been considered.
Si alicujus rei societas sit et finis negotio impositus est, finitur societas
If there is a partnership in any matter, and the business is ended, the partnership ceases.
finis
[Latin] Hist. 1. Boundary or limit. 2. The compromise of a fine of conveyance. See FINE (1). "The parties then applied to the court to compromise the action; by the terms of the compromise (finis) the intending vendor admitted that the land belonged to the intending purchaser because he had given it to him, and the terms of the compromise were recorded in the court records." Peter Butt, Land Law 102 (2d ed. 1988).3. A fine, or payment of money made to satisfy a claim of criminal penalty.
partes finis nihil habuerunt
. [Law Latin "the parties to the fine had nothing"] Hist. A plea to set aside a conveyance of land on grounds that the transferor did not have a sufficient ownership interest in the property to alienate it. "Yet where a stranger ... officiously interferes in an estate which in nowise belongs to him, his fine is of no effect; and may at any time be set aside . . . by pleading that 'partes finis nihil habuerunt.' " 2 William Blaekstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 356-57 (1765).