Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Franks hearing.
See FRANKS HEARING.
adjudicatory hearing.
See HEARING.
administrative hearing.
An administrativeagency proceeding in which evidence is offered for argument or trial.
bindover hearing.
See PRELIMINARY HEARING.
hearing.
1. A judicial session, usu. open to the public, held for the purpose of deciding issues of fact or of law, sometimes with witnesses testifying <the court held a hearing on the admissibility of DNA evidence in the murder case>. 2. Administrative law. Any setting in which an affected person presents arguments to an agency decision-maker <a hearing on zoning variations>. 3. In legislative practice, any proceeding in which legislators or their designees receive testimony about legislation that might be enacted <the shooting victim spoke at the Senate's hearing on gun control>. See PRELIMINARY HEARING. 4. Equity practice. A trial.