Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
hereditas jacens
[Latin iaceo "to lie"] 1. Property belonging to an estate before an heir accepts it. ( This term had a similar meaning at common law. See ABEYANCE (2).
jacens
[Latin] Lying; fallen; in abeyance. See hereditas jacens under HEREDITAS.