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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Si suggestio non sit vera, literae patentes vacuae sunt

If the suggestion is not true, the letters patent are void.

Suggestion

n. 1. An indirect presentation of an idea <the client agreed with counsel's suggestion to reword the warranty>. 2. Procedure. A statement of some fact or circumstance that will materially affect the further proceedings in the case <suggestion for rehearing en banc>. - suggest (for sense 1), vb.

Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi

Suppression of the truth (is equivalent to) the suggestion of what is false.

gestio

[Latin] Roman law. 1. Behavior or conduct. See GESTIO PRO HAEREDE. 2. The management of a thing, esp. a transaction.

gestio pro haerede

[Latin "behavior as heir"] Roman & Hist. Scots law. An appointed heir's conduct (such as selling or leasing the decedent's property) that indicates the heir's intent to receive the inheritance and thereby take on the estate's debts.

jure gestionis

n. [Latin "by way of doing business"] A nation's acts that are essentially commercial or private, in contrast to its public acts. a Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, a foreign country's immunity is limited to claims involving its public acts. The Act's immunity does not extend to claims arising from the private or commercial acts of a foreign state. 28 USCA ยง 1605. Cf. JUKE IMPERII. See COMMERCIAL-ACTIVITY EXCEPTION; RESTRICTIVE PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.

negotiorum gestio

See NEGOTIORUM GESTIO.

suggestio falsi

[Latin] A false representation or misleading suggestion. Cf. SUPPRESSIO VERI.

suggestion of bankruptcy

A pleading by which a party notifies the court that the party has filed for bankruptcy and that, because of the automatic stay provided by the bankruptcy laws, the court cannot legally take further action in the case.

suggestion of death

A pleading filed by a party, or the party's representatives, by which the court is notified that a party to a suit has died.

suggestion of error

An objection made by a party to a suit, indicating that the court has committed an error or that the party wants a rehearing of a particular issue. suggestive interrogation See LEADING QUESTION.