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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

in terrorem

adv. & adj. [Latin "in order to frighten"] By way of threat; as a warning <the demand letter was sent in terrorem; the client has no intention of actually suing>.

in terrorem clause.

A provision designed to threaten one into action or inaction; esp., a testamentary provision that threatens to dispossess any beneficiary who challenges the terms of the will. See NO-CONTEST CLAUSE.

in terrorem populi

adv. [Latin] Hist. To the terror of the people. ( This phrase was necessary in an indictment for riot.