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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

in litem

adv. [Latin] For a suit; to the suit. See AD LITEM. in loco (in loh-koh). [Latin] In the place of.

juramentum in litem

An oath in litem. See oath in litem under OATH.

oath in litem

Civil law. An oath taken by a plaintiff in testifying to the value of the thing in dispute when there is no evidence of value or when the defendant has fraudulently suppressed evidence of value.