Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Conditio illicita habetur pro non adjecta.

An unlawful condition is considered unconnected.

Crimen falsi dicitur, cum quis illicitus, cui non fuerit ad hoea data auctoritas, de sigillo regis rapto vel invento brevia cartasve consignaverit

It is called "crimen falsi" when anyone to whom power has not been given for such purposes has illicitly signed writs or grants with the king's seal, either stolen or found.

Ex pacto illicito non oritur action

From an illicit contract no action arises.

In mercibus illicitis non sit commercium.

Let there be no commerce in illicit goods.

L'obligation sans cause, ou sur une fausse cause, ou sur cause illicite, ne peut avoir aucun effet

An obligation without consideration, or upon a false consideration, or upon unlawful consideration, cannot have any effect.

Mandata licita strictam recipiunt interpretationem, sed illicita latam et extensam

Lawful commands receive a strict interpretation, but unlawful ones receive a wide and an expansive interpretation.

Praetextu liciti non debet admitti illicitum

What is illegal ought not to be admitted under pretext of legality.

collegium illicitum

A collegium that either is of tioned by law or assembles for some other than that expressed in its char;

illicit

adj. Illegal or improper <illicit relations>.

illicit cohabitation

At common law, the act of a man and a woman openly living together without being married to each other. - Also termed lewd and lascivious cohabitation.

illicitum collegium

[Law Latin] Roman law. An illegal association; a collegium engaging in illegal activity. ( Members of an illicitum collegium were subject to prosecution.

versari in re illicita

. [Latin] To be engaged in an unlawful activity (as a bar to a claim for damages). versus, prep. Against. Abbr. v.; vs.

vis illicita

See VIS INJURIOSA.