Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
appearance, n. procedure. a coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person. -appear, vb.
the english courts did not, until modern times, claim jurisdiction over the person of the defendant merely by service of summons upon him. it was deemed necessary to resort to further process by attachment of his property and arrest of his person to compel 'appearance,' which is not mere presence in court, but some act by which a person who is sued submits himself to the authority and jurisdiction of the court. any steps in the action, such as giving bail upon arrest, operated as an appearance or submission." benjamin j. shipman, handbook of common-law pleading ยง 5, at 24 (henry winthrop ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923)
bord-halfpenny
See BOTHAGIUM.
class representative. A person who sues on behalf of a group of plaintiffs in a class action. - Also termed named plaintiff
See CLASS ACTION.
half
n. One of two equal parts into which a thing can be divided; MOIETY.
half blood.
The relationship existing 1)tween persons having the same father mother, but not both parents in comm(,:
half brother
See HALF BROTHER
half brother.
A male sibling with whom one shares the same father or the same mother, but not both; a brother by one parent only.
half nephew.
The son of one's half brother or half sister.
half niece.
The daughter of one's half brother or half sister. half orphan. See ORPHAN (2)
half section
A piece of land containing 320 acres, laid off either by a north-and-south or by an east-and-west line; half a section of land.
half section.
See SECTION.
half sister.
A female sibling with whom one shares the same father or the same mother, but not both; a sister by one parent only.
half-pilotage
Compensation equaling half the value of services that a pilot has offered to perform. ( Shipowners can avoid compulsory pilotage in some jurisdictions by payment of half-pilotage.
half-pilotage.
See PILOTAGE.
half-proof.
Civil law. 1. Proof established by one witness, or by a private instrument. See UNUS NULLUS RULE. 2. Prima facie proof that is nonetheless insufficient to support a sentence or decree.
half-seal.
Hist. A seal used in the Court of Chancery to seal commissions to the Court of Delegates on the appeal of an ecclesiastical or maritime case. ( The use of the seal ended when the Court of Delegates was abolished in 1832. See COURT OF DELEGATES.
half-timer.
Hist. In England, a child excused from full-time attendance at school under the Factory and Workshop Act of 1908 so that the child could work part-time in a factory or workshop. 0 The Factory and Workshop Acts from 1901 to 1911 were repealed by the Factory and Workshop (Cotton Cloth Factories) Act of 1929 and the Factories Act of 1937.
half-tongue.
Hist. In England, a jury empaneled to try an alien, and composed half of one nationality and half of another. ( The use of this type of jury ended in 1914 with the passage of the Status of Aliens Act.
half-year
In legal computation, a period of 182 days.
halfendeal
n. [fr. Law Latin halfendele] Archaic. Half a thing; a moiety. -Also spelled half endeal; half-endeal.
halfway house.
A transitional housing facility designed to rehabilitate people who have recently left a prison or medical-care facility, or who otherwise need help in adjusting to a normal life. - Also termed residential community treatment center. half-year. See YEAR.