Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

ex gratis payment

A payment not legally required; esp., an insurance payment not required to be made under an insurance policy.

gratis

adj. Free; without compensation. gratis dictum. See DICTUM.

gratis curiae

[Latin] Favor of the court. Cf. RIGOR JURIS.

gratis dictum

1. A voluntary statement; an assertion that a person makes without being obligated to do so. 2. A court's stating of a legal principle more broadly than is necessary to decide the case. 3. A court's discussion of points or questions not raised by the record or its suggestion of rules not applicable in the case at bar.