Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arbitrium est judicium.
An award is a judgment.
Argumentum ad judicium
[latin] an argument addressed to the judgment; a proof based on knowledge or probability.
Boni judicis est judicium sine dilatione mandare executioni
It is the role of a good judge to render judgment for execution without delay.
Certa debet esse intentio et narratio et certum fundamentum et certa res quae deducitur in judicium
The design and narration ought to be certain, the foundation certain, and the matter certain that is brought into court to be tried.
De similibus idem est judicium
Concerning like things the judgment is the same.
Executio est executio juris secundum judicium
Execution is the execution of the law according to the judgment.
Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit
A person who flees judgment confesses guilt.
Frustra agit quo judicium prosequi nequit cum effectu
A person sues in vain who cannot prosecute his judgment with effect.
In praeparatoriis ad judicium favetur actori
In things preparatory to trial, the plaintiff is favored.
Inter alios res gestas aliis non posse praejudicium facere saepe constitutum est.
It has been often decided that matters transacted between other parties cannot cause prejudice (to those who were not involved).
Judicium a non suo judice datum nullius est momenti
A judgment given by a person who is not its proper judge (not in the proper jurisdiction) is of no consequence. 10 Coke 76.
Judicium est quasi juris dictum
Judgment is, as it were, a pronouncement of the right (or a saying of the law).
Judicium non debet esse illusorium, suum effectum habere debet
A judgment ought not to be illusory (or deceptive); it ought to have its proper effect. 2 Co. Inst. 341.
Judicium redditur in invitum, in praesumptione legis
In presumption of law, a judgment is given against one's will.
Judicium semper pro veritate accipitur
A judgment is always taken for truth.
Non debet dici tendere in praejudicium ecclesiasticae liberatatis quod pro rege et republica necessarium videtur
What seems necessary for the king and the state ought not to be said to tend to the prejudice of spiritual liberty.
Novum judicium non dat novum jus, sect' declarat antiquum
A new judgment doenot make a new right, but declares the old
Novum judicium non dat novum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum, et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod diu fuit velatum
A new judgment does not make a new right, but declares the old; because adjudication is the declaration of a right, and by adjudication the right is newly revealed which has long been hidden. 10 Coke 42.
Oportet quod certa res deducatur in judicium
A thing, to be brought to judgment, must be definite.
Quod non apparet non est, et non apparet judicialiter ante judicium
What appears not does not exist, and nothing appears judicially before judgment.
Res inter alios judicatae nullum aliis praejudicium faciunt
Matters adjudged in the lawsuits of others do not prejudice those who were not parties to them.
Sacramentum habet in se tres comites, veritatem justitiam et judicium: veritas habenda est in jurato; justitia et judicium in judice
An oath has in it three componentstruth, justice, and judgment: truth in the party swearing, justice and judgment in the judge (administering the oath).
Talis interpretatio semper ftenda est ut evitetur absurdum, et inconveniens, et ne judicium sit illusorium
Interpretation is always to be made in such a manner that what is absurd and improper is avoided, and so that the judgment is not a mockery.
Ubi eadem ratio, ibi idem jus; et de similibus idem est judicium
Where there is the same reason, there is the same law; and the same judgment should be rendered on comparable facts.
Veredictum quasi dictum veritatis; ut judicium quasi juris dictum
A verdict is, as it were, the saying of the truth, in the same manner that a judgment is the saying of the law (or right).
Veritas habenda est in juratore; justitia et judicium in judice
Truth is the desideratum in a juror; justice and judgment in a judge.
ad judicium proaocare
ub. [Latin] To summon to court; to commence an action.
calumniae judicium
[Latin "action for vexation"] Romc law. A countersuit that a defendant malicious], sued could bring after winning a Judgment in, the prin iudiciun
capias ad audiendum judicium
[Latin "that you take to hear the judgment"] In a misdemeanor case, a writ issued to bring the defendant to hear the judgment to be imposed after having failed to appear.
de procedendo ad judicium
n. [Law Latin "for proceeding in an assise"] Hist. A chancery writ ordering a lower court to proceed to judgment in a case that had been wrongfully stayed. 0 If the lower-court justices refused, they could be punished for contempt.
duodecemvirale judicium
[Latin] A trial by 12 persons; a trial by jury.
et inde petit judicium
[Latin "and thereupon he prays judgment"] Archaic. A clause found at the end of a pleading, requesting judgment in that party's favor.
et sic ad judicium
[Latin] Archaic. And so to judgment.
extra judicium
[Latin] Extrajudicial; out of court; beyond the jurisdiction.
fatuum judicium
[Latin] A foolish judgment or verdict.
ignis judicium
[Latin] Hist. Trial by fire. See fire ordeal under ORDEAL.
judicium
n. [Latin] Hist. 1. A judgment. 2. A judicial proceeding; a trial. 3. A court or tribunal. Pl. judicia.
judicium Dei
Hist. God's supposed judgment on the merits of the case, made manifest by the outcome of an observable event. * Examples dating from Norman times were the trial by combat and the ordeal. See ORDEAL; TRIAL BY COMBAT.
judicium ecclesiasticum
See FORUM ECCLESIASTICUM.
judicium parium
[Latin] Hist. A judgment of one's peers; a jury trial or verdict.
judicium publica
See JUDICIUM.
judicium publicum
[Latin "public trials"] A criminal proceeding under a public statute. ( The term derived from the Roman rule allowing any member of the public to initiate a prosecution. See COMITIA.
procedendo ad judicium
See DE PROCEDENDO AD JUDICIUM.