Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Interdiction
1. The act of prohibiting.
complete interdiction
See full interdiction under INTERDICTION (2)
decretal interdict
An interdict that signified the praetor's order or decree by applying the remedy in a pending case.
edictal interdict
An interdict that declared the praetor's intention to give a remedy in certain cases, usu. in a way that preserves or restores possession.
exhibitory interdict
An interdict by which a praetor compelled a person or thing to be produced.
full interdiction
The complete removal of one's right to care for oneself and one's affairs or estate because of mental incapacity. - Also termed complete interdiction.
full interdiction.
See INTERDICTION (2)
interdict
ub. 1. To forbid or restrain. 2. Civil law. To remove a person's right to handle personal affairs because of mental incapacity.
interdiction of commercial intercourse
Int'l law. A governmental prohibition of commercial trade. 2. Civil law. The act of depriving a person of the right to care for his or her affairs because of mental incapacity.
interdictory
adj. 1. Of or relating to an interdiction. 2. Having the power to interdict. - Also termed interdictive.
interdictum quod vi aut clam
[Latin "interdict because of force or stealth"] Roman law. An interdict issued against a person who forcibly (vi) or secretly (clam) altered the claimant's property. ( The interdict required the defendant to restore the property to its previous condition.
limited interdict
A person whose right to care for himself or herself has been partially removed because of mental incapacity; a person subject to limited interdiction.
limited interdiction
See INTERDICTION (2).
possessory interdict
An interdict that protected a tenant who had been ejected or threatened with disturbance. ( Possessory interdicts were summary processes of Roman law.
prohibitory interdict
An interdict by which a praetor forbade something to be done.
restitutory interdict
An interdict by which a praetor directed something to be restored to someone who had been dispossessed of it. 2. Eccles. law. An order prohibiting a person from attending divine services or barring their being conducted at a particular place. 3. Civil law. One who is subject to interdiction.