Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

bill of health.

Maritime law. A statement certifying the healthy condition of a ship's cargo and crew. 0 The bill is issued by the port authority from which a vessel sails and is shown to the port authority at the ship's destination as proof that the ship's cargo and crew are disease-free. A "clean" bill states that no contagious or infectious diseases were present at the port; a "touched" or "foul" bill states that the named disease was suspected, anticipated, or actually present.

board of health.

A municipal or state agency charged with protecting the public health.

good health. Insurance

A state of reasonable healthiness; a state of health free from serious disease. ( Good health, a phrase often appearing in life-insurance policies, does not mean perfect health. - Also termed sound health.

health.

1. The state of being sound or whole in body, mind, or soul. 2. Freedom from pain or sickness.