Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Inscription

n. 1. The act of entering a fact or name on a list, register, or other record. 2. An entry so recorded. 3. Civil law. An agreement whereby an accuser must, if the accusation is false, receive the same punishment that the accused would have been given if found guilty. - inscribe, vb. - inscriptive, adj.

Inscriptions

[Latin] Hist. Title deeds; written instruments by which rights or interests are granted.

Reinscription

n. Civil law. A second or renewed recordation of a mortgage or other title document. - reinscribe, vb.

inscriptio

n. [Latin] Roman law. A written accusation detailed in an official register. ( The accuser was liable to punishment if the accused was acquitted. - inscribere, ub. See INSCRIPTION (3).