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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Court of Regard

Hist. A forest court responsible for looking into matters of waste and encroachment onto forest land (i.e., purpresture). ( The Court also ensured that the feet of all mastiffs - a breed allowed in royal forests as guard dogs - within the forest were declawed and cut so as to prevent them from chasing deer.

Gardia

[Law French] Hist. Wardship, care, or custody of someone.

Regard

n. 1. Attention, care, or consideration <without regard for the consequences>. 2. Hist. In England, an official inspection of a forest to determine whether any trespasses have been committed. 3. Hist. The office or position of a person appointed to make such an inspection.

Regarder

An official who inspects a forest to determine whether any trespasses have been committed. - Also termed regarder of the forest.

agard

[law french] an award. see nul fait agard.

agarder

ub. [law french] to award, adjudge, or determine; to sentence or condemn.

de salva gardia

n. [Law Latin "of safeguard"] A writ issued to protect strangers from harm while pursuing their legal rights in England.

disregarding the corporate entity

See PIERC ING THE CORPORATE VEIL.

droit de garde

n. [French "right of ward"] Hist. French law. A king's right to wardship of a noble vassal who has not reached majority.

ejectmente de garde

See DE EJECTIONE CUSTODIAE.

gard

[Law French] Hist. 1. Wardship or custody (of a person). 2. A precinct (or ward) of a city. - Also spelled garde; gardia.

garde

[French] Civil law. A relationship that gives rise to liability for a person when an injury is caused by a thing (such as a consumer product) that is considered by law to be that person's responsibility or to be in that person's custody.

gardein

[Law French] Hist. A guardian or keeper. - Also spelled gardian; gardien; gardeyn.

gardianus

[Law hatinl Hist. A guardian, defender, or protector; a warden. - Also spelled guardianus.

gardianus ecclesiae

A churchwarden. garene (ga-reenl. I Law French l See WARREN.

manifest-disregard doctrine

The principle that an arbitration award will be vacated if the arbitrator knows the applicable law and deliberately chooses to disregard it, but will not be vacated for a mere error or misunderstanding of the law.

nul agard

n. [Law French "no award"] In an action to enforce an arbitration award on an arbitration bond, a plea denying the existence of the award. Cf. AGARD.

nul fait agard

[Law French] No award was made. Cf AGARD.

reckless disregard.

1. Conscious indifference to the consequences (of an act). 2. Defamalton. Serious indifference to truth or accuracy of <t publication. ( "Reckless disregard for the truth" is the standard in proving the deffendant's actual malice toward the plaintiff in a libel action-

regardant

adj. Hist. Attached or annexed to a particular manor <a villein regardant > . See VILLEIN.

salsa gardia

See DE SALVA GARDIA.

villein regardant

. A villein annexed to the manor of land.