Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Bastardus non potest habere haeredem nisi de corpore suo legitime procreatum
A bastard cannot have an heir unless it be one lawfully begotten of his own body.
Clam factum id videtur esse, quod quisque, quum controversiam haberet, habiturumve se putaret, fecit
That is considered done secretly which someone did when he had a legal dispute or thought he would have one.
Commodum ex inquria sua non habere debet
(The wrongdoer) should not derive any benefit from his own wrong.
Concessio versus concedentem latam interpretationem habere debet
A grant ought to have a liberal interpretation against the grantor.
Constitutum esse eam domum unicuique nostrum debere existimari, ubi quisque sedes et tabulas haberet, suarumque rerum constitutionem fecisset.
It is a settled principle that what ought to be considered the home of each of us is where he has his dwelling, keeps his records, and has established his business.
Dominus rex nullum habere potest parem, multo minus superiorem
The king cannot have an equal, much less a superior.
Duas uxores eodem tempore habere non lieet
It i-, not lawful to have two wives at one time.
IN semper debet fieri triatio ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
A trial should always be held where the jurors can have the best information.
Judex habere debet duos sales, salem sapientiae, ne sit insipidus, et salem conscientiae, ne sit diabolus
A judge should have two salts: the salt of wisdom, lest he be foolish; and the salt of conscience, lest he be devilish.
Judicium non debet esse illusorium, suum effectum habere debet
A judgment ought not to be illusory (or deceptive); it ought to have its proper effect. 2 Co. Inst. 341.
Jusjurandi forma verbis differt, re convenit; hunc enim sensum habere debet, ut Deus invocetur
The form of taking an oath differs in language, but agrees in meaning; for it ought to have this sense, that God is invoked.
Necessarium est quod non potest aliter se habere
That is necessary which cannot be otherwise.
Nemo plus juris ad alienum transferre potent quam ipse haberet
No one can transfer to another a greater right than he himself might have. Dig. 50.17.54.
Non potest videri desisse habere qui nunquam habuit
A person cannot be considered as having ceased to have a thing who never had it.
Omnes licentiam habere his quae pro se indulta sunt renunciare
All have liberty to renounce these things that have been granted in their favor.
Pacta quae contra leges constitutionesque vel contra bonos mores fount nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est
It is a matter of unquestionable law that contracts against the laws and statutes, or against moral standards, have no force.
Testamenta latissimam interpretationem habere debent
Wills ought to have the broadest interpretation.
Triatio ibi semper debet fieri ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
Trial ought always to be held where the jurors can have the better information.
Tutor praesumitur intus habere, ante redditas rationes
A tutor is presumed to have funds in his own hands until his accounts have been rendered.
habere
vb. [Latin "to have"] Roman law. To have (the right to) something. ( This term was sometimes distinguished from tenere (to hold) and possidere (to possess) with habere referring to the right, tenere to the fact, and possidere to both. 'Habere' has two meanings; for we say that the owner of a thing 'has' it and also that a nonowner who holds the thing 'has' it. Lastly, we use the word in relation to property
habere facial visum
n. [Law Latin "that you cause to have a view"] Hist. A writ allowing a litigant to inspect the lands in controversy.
habere facias possessionem
n. [Law Latin "that you cause to have possession"] Hist. A writ giving a supcessful ejectment-action plaintiff the possession of the recovered land. -Often shortened to habere facias or hab. fa.
habere facias seisinam
n. [Law Latin "that you cause to have seisin"] Hist. A writ of execution commanding the sheriff to give the applicant seisin of the recovered land. ( This writ was the proper process for giving seisin of a freehold, as distinguished from giving only a chattel interest in land. See SEISIN.
habere licere
vb. [Latin "to allow to have"] Roman law. To allow a purchaser to possess and enjoy property undisturbed. 0 The term denoted a seller's duty; if the duty was breached, the purchaser could maintain an actio ex empto. hab. fa. abbr. HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM.
legem habere
ub. [Latin] Hist. To be able to testify under oath. 0 Witnesses with criminal convictions were unable to testify until the 19th century, by the Evidence Act of 1843 (6 & 7 Vict., ch. 85).
maritagium habere
[Law Latin] To have the right of arranging a woman's marriage. ( This was a privilege granted by the Crown to favored subjects. See MARITAGIUM.