Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Aequitas ignorantiae opitulatur, oscitantiae non item
Equity assists ignorance but not complacency (or carelessness).
Auxilium ad filium militem faciendum et filiam maritandam
n. [law latin] hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to levy a tax toward the knighting of a son and the marrying of a daughter of tenants in capite of the crown.
In civilibus ministerium excusat, in criminalibus non item
In civil matters, agency (or service) excuses, but not so in criminal matters.
Incitement
n. 1. The act or an instance of provoking, urging on, or stirring up. 2. Criminal law. The act of persuading another person to commit a crime; SOLICITATION (2). - inciteful, adj.
Itemize
ub. To list in detail; to state by items <an itemized bill>.
Litem
See AD LITEM.
Negligentia semper habet infortuniam comitem
Negligence always has misfortune for a companion.
Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resolvit
A precedent accomplishes nothing if it settles one dispute by raising another.
Non jus, sed seisina facit stipitem
Not or but seisin, makes a stock (from which the tr; heritance must descend).
Seisina facit stipitem
Seisin makes the stock.
ad litem
[Latin "for the suit"] For the purposes of the suit; pending the suit. See GUARDIAN AD LITEM.
administrator ad litem
A special administrator appointed by the court to represent the estate's interest in an action usu. either because there is no administrator of the estate or because the current administrator has an interest in the action adverse to that of the estate.
administrator ad litem.
See ADMINISTRATOR (1)
ante litem motam
[law latin "before the lawsuit was started"] before a legal dispute arose - i.e., at a time when the declarant has no motive to lie.
collection item
An item (such as a documentary draft) taken by a bank for a customer's account, but not credited until payment for the item has actually been received. See documentary draft under DRAFT (1).
curator ad litem
A curator appointed by a court to represent the interests of a youth or incapacitated person during the proceedings before the court,
distringas nuper aicecomitem
n. [Law Latin "you are to distrain the late sheriff"] Hist. 1. A writ ordering a sheriff's successor to distrain the former sheriff's property until the former sheriff' brings in a defendant to answer the plaintiff's charge, sells goods attached under a fieri facias, or performs some other obligation that the former sheriff should have completed while still in office. 2. A writ calling on an exsheriff to account for the proceeds taken in execution.
distringas vice comitem
n. [Law Latin "you are to distrain the sheriff"] Hist. A distringas writ ordering the coroner to distrain the sheriff for not executing a writ of uenditioni exponas. See VENDITIONI EXPONAS.
guardian ad litem
A guardian, usu. a lawyer, appointed by the court to appear in a lawsuit on behalf of an incompetent or minor party. - Also termed special guardian. Cf. NEXT FRIEND.
in litem
adv. [Latin] For a suit; to the suit. See AD LITEM. in loco (in loh-koh). [Latin] In the place of.
item
1. A piece of a whole, not necessarily separated. 2. Commercial law. A negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. ( The term does not include a payment order governed by division 11 of the UCC or a creditor debit-card slip. UCC 4-104(a)(9).
item veto
See line-item veto under VETO.
itemized deduction
An expense (such as a medical expense, home-mortgage interest, or a charitable contribution) that can be subtracted from adjusted gross income to determine taxable income.
juramentum in litem
An oath in litem. See oath in litem under OATH.
line-item veto
The executive's power to veto some provisions in a legislative bill without affecting other provisions. ( The U.S. Supreme Court declared the presidential lineitem veto unconstitutional in 1998. See Clinton u. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417, 118 S.Ct. 2091 (1998). - Also termed item veto.
litem denuntiare
[Latin "to announce a suit"] Roman law. 1. The summoning of a defendant by a magistrate in the late classical period. 2. The notification by a buyer to the seller of a claim by a third party to the things sold. - Also spelled litem denunciare. Cf. LITIS DENUNTIATIO.
litem suam facere
ub. [Latin "to make a suit one's own"] Roman law. (Of a judex) to show partiality to one side in a dispute or otherwise neglect official duties.
miscellaneous itemized deduction
Generally, an itemized deduction of job or investment expenses; a deduction other than those allowable in computing adjusted gross income. those enumerated in 1RC; (2R USC,A) ยง 67(b), and personal exemptions. a This type of deduction is allowed only to an itemizing taxpayer whose total miscellaneous itemized deductions exceed a statutory percentage of adjusted gross income.
nonmonetary item
An asset or liability whose price fluctuates over time (such as land, equipment, inventory, and warranty obligations).
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.
par item
An item that a drawee bank will remit to another bank without charge. 3. In drafting, a subpart of text that is the next smaller unit than a subparagraph. ( In federal drafting, for example, "(4)" is the item in the following citation: Rule 19(a)(1)(B)(4). - Also termed (in sense 3) clause.
post litem motam
[Law Latin] After suit commenced. ( Depositions held after litigation had begun were formerly sometimes so called.
tax-preference items
Certain items that, even though deducted in arriving at taxable income for regular tax purposes, must be considered in calculating a taxpayer's alternative minimum tax. See alternative minimum tax under TAX.
trustee ad litem
A trustee appointed by the court.