Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Actionum genera maxime sunt servanda
The kinds of actions are especially to be preserved.
Aequitas est correctio legis generaliter latae qua parte deficit
Equity is the correction of some part of the law where by reason of its generality it is defective.
Attorney general
The chief law officer of a state or of the united states, responsible for advising the government on legal matters and representing it in litigation. - abbr. Ag. Pl. Attorneys general.
Attorney general's opinion
1. An opinion furnished by the u.s. attorney general to the president or another executive official on a request concerning a question of law. 2. A written opinion by a state attorney general, usu. Given at the request of a public official, interpreting a legal provision. Attorney in charge. See lead counsel under counsel. Attorney-in-fact. see attorney (1;
Benignior sententia in verbis generalibus seu dubiis est preferenda
The more favorable construction is to be preferred in general or doubtful expressions.
Clausula generalis de residuo non ea complectitur quae non ejusdem sint generis cum its quae speciatim dicta fuerant
A general clause of remainder does not embrace those things that are not of the same kind as those that had been specially mentioned.
Clausula generalis non refertur ad expressa
A general clause does not refer to things expressly mentioned.
Consuetudo et communis assuetudo vincit legem non scriptam, si sit specialis; et interpretatur legem scriptam, si lex sit generalis
Custom and common usage overcome the unwritten law if it is special; and interpret the written law if the law is general.
Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Hist. 1. English law. A court of criminal jurisdiction held in each county (or borough) once in every quarter of a year. * The court was made up of a county's justices of the peace. It committed certain cases to the Assizes. Quarter Sessions were abolished in 1971, with most jurisdiction transferred to the Crown Court. - Often shortened to Quarter Sessions; Sessions. "The court of general quarter sessions of the peace is a court that must be held in every county, once in every quarter of a year .... It is held before two or more justices of the peace, one of which must be of the quorum. The jurisdiction of this court, by statute 34 Edw. III. c. I. extends to the trying and determining all felonies and trespasses whatsoever, though they seldom, if ever, try any greater offence than small felonies within the benefit of clergy ...." 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 268 (1769) 2. A court held in some states four times a year with jurisdiction over misdemeanors and occasionally tasks of an administrative nature, such as the care of public roads and bridges. -Often shortened to Quarter Session Court. -Also termed Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace.
Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery
Hist. 1. A court that carries the commissions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery. 2. In Pennsylvania, a court of criminal jurisdiction.
Dolosus versatur in generalibus
A deceiver deals in generalities.
Dolus latet in generalibus
Fraud lurks in generalities.
Dolus versatur in generalibus
Fraud deals in generalities.
Fraus latet in generalibus
Fraud lies hidden in general expressions.
General Accounting Office
The federal agency that provides legal and accounting assistance to Congress, audits and investigates federal programs, and settles certain contract claims against the United States. - Abbr. GAO.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
A multiparty international agreement - signed originally in 1948 - that promotes international trade by lowering import duties and providing equal access to markets. ( More than 130 nations are parties to the agreement. - Abbr. GATT.
General Counsel's Memorandum
Tax law. 1. A written discussion, issued by the office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS, on the merits of a legal issue involving tax law. 2. A written explanation, issued by the office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS, explaining the IRS's positions in revenue rulings and technical advice memorandums. general count. See COUNT.
General Court
The name of the legislatures of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. ("General Court" was a common colonial-era term for a body that exercised judicial and legislative functions. Cf. COURT OF ASSISTANTS.
General Land Office
A former U.S. Interior Department division that exercised executive power relating to the public lands, including their survey, patenting, and sale or other disposition. ( The General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service were consolidated into the Bureau of Land Management in 1946. See BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.
General Services Administration
The independent federal agency that manages the federal government's property and records. ( The General Services Administration supervises the construction and operation of buildings, procures and distributes supplies, disposes of surplus property, operates traffic and communications facilities, stores strategic and critical materials, manages automatic data processing systems, and supervises government document- and information-security programs. -Abbr. GSA.
General Welfare Clause
U.S. Const. art. 1, 8, cl. 1, which empowers Congress to levy taxes and pay debts in order to provide for the country's general welfare. ( The Supreme Court has broadly interpreted this clause to allow Congress to create, for example, the social-security system. - Also termed Welfare Clause.
General assignment
assignment of a debtor's property for the benefit of all the assignor's creditors, instead of only a few. - also termed voluntary assignment. See assignment for the benefit of creditors.
General assumpsit
an action based on the defendant's breach of an implied promise to pay a debt to the plaintiff. - also termed common assumpsit; indebitatus assumpsit. "general assumpsit is brought for breach of a fictitious or implied promise raised by law from a debt founded upon an executed consideration. The basis of the actionis the promise implied by law from the performance of the consideration, or from a debt or legal duty resting upon the defendant." benjamin j. Shipman, handbook of common-law pleading ยง 59, at 153 (henry winthrop ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923).
General authority
A general agent's authority, intended to apply to all matters arising in the course of business.
General average
average resulting from an intentional partial sacrifice of ship or cargo to avoid total loss. ( the liability is shared by all parties who had an interest in the voyage. -abbr. Ga. - also termed gross average; general-average contribution.
Generale dictum generaliter est interpretandum
A general expression is to be construed generally.
Generale tantum valet in generalibus quantum singulare in singulis
What is general has as much validity among things general as what is particular does among things particular.
Generalia praecedunt, specialia sequuntur.
Things general precede; things special follow.
Generalia specialibus non derogant
Things general do not restrict (or detract from) things special.
Generalia sunt praeponenda singularibus.
General things are to be put before particular things.
Generalia verba sunt generaliter intelligenda
General words are to be understood in a general sense.
Generalibus specialia derogant
Things special restrict things general.
Generalis clausula non porrigitur ad ea quae antea specialiter sunt comprehensa
A general clause does not extend to those things that have been previously provided for specifically.
Generalis regula generaliter est intelligenda
A general rule is to be understood generally.
Generate nihil certi implicat
A general expression implies nothing certain.
Generation
1. A single degree or stage in the succession of persons in natural descent. 2. The average time span between the birth of parents and the birth of their children.
Generic
adj. 1. Common or descriptive, and thus not eligible for trademark protection; nonproprietary <a generic name>. 2. Not having a trademark or brand name <generic drugs>.
Genericalness
See GENERICNESS.
Genericness
n. The state or condition of being generic <an affirmative defense of genericness in a trademark suit>. - Also termed genericalness; genericism.
Geneva Convention
An international agreement establishing the proper treatment of prisoners of war and of persons injured or killed in battle. ( Drafted in 1864, the Convention has since been adopted in revised form by most nations.
In criminalibus suicit generalis malitia intentionis cum facto paris gradus
In criminal cases, a general malice of intention is sufficient if combined with an act of equal or corresponding degree.
In generalibus versatur error.
Error dwells in general expressions.
In genere quicunque aliquid dicit, sine actor sine reus, necesse est ut probat.
In general, whoever alleges anything, whether plaintiff or defendant, must prove it.
Indictment de felony est contra pacem domini regis, coronam et dignitatem suam, in genere et non in individuo; quia in Anglia non est interregnum.
Indictment for felony is against the peace of our lord the king, his crown and dignity, in general and not in his individual person; because in England there is no interregnum.
Judge Advocate General
The senior legal of ficer and chief legal adviser of the Army, Navy; or Air Force. - Abbr. JAG.
Jura regis specialia non conceduntur per generalia verba
The special rights of the king are not granted by general words.
Lord Justice General
The highest judicial officer in Scotland, and head of the High Court of Justiciary. ( The Lord Justice General also holds the office of Lord President of the Court of Session.
Manual of the Judge Advocate General
The Secretary of the Navy's directive on military justice, with minor variations between rules applicable to the Navy and those applicable to the Marine Corps. - Also termed JAG Manual.
Master-General of the Ordnance
See MASTER OF THE ORDNANCE.
Nihil tam naturale est quam eo genere quidque dissolvere quo colligatum est
Nothing is so natural as that an obligation should be dissolved by the same principle by which it was contracted.