Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Fortior est custodia legis quam hominis.
The custody of the law is stronger than that of man.
Fortior et potentior est dispositio legis quam hominis
The disposition of the law is stronger and more powerful than that of man.
Inde datae leges ne fortior omnia posset.
Laws were made lest the stronger should have unlimited power.
Judicia posteriora sunt in lege fortiori
The later decisions are stronger in law.
a fortiori
ado. [latin] by even greater force of logic; even more so <if a 14-year-old child cannot sign a binding contract, then, a fortiori, a 13-year-old cannot>. cf. a multo fortiori.
a multo fortiori
[latin] by far the stronger reason. cf. a fortiori.
fortior
adj. [Latin "stronger"] Hist. (Of evidence) involving a presumption that, because of the strength of a party's evidence, shifts the burden of proof to the opposing party.
praesumptio fortior
[Latin] A strong presumption (of fact); a presumption strong enough to shift the burden of proof to the opposing party.