Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A jure suo cadunt
They fall from their right. ( That is, they lose their right.
Argumentum a divisione est fortissimum in jure
An argument based on a subdivision of the subject is most powerful in law.
Assignatus utitur jure auctoris
An assignee is clothed with the rights of the principal.
Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum quaestum convertendum
Commerce, by the law of nations, ought to be common and not converted into a monopoly and the private gain of a few.
Conatus quid sit non definitur injure
What an attempt is, is not defined in law.
De jure decimarum, originem ducens de jure patronatus, tunc cognitio spectat at legem civilem, i.e., communem
With regard to the right of tithes, deducing its origin from the right of the patron, then the cognizance of them belongs to the civil law, i.e., common law.
De jure judices, de facto juratores, respon
dent. The judges answer regarding the law, the jury on the facts.
Decimae de jure divino et canonica institutione pertinent ad personam.
Tithes belong to the parson by divine right and canonical institution.
Dispensatio est mali prohibiti provida relaxatio, utilitate seu necessitate pensata; et est de jure domino regi concessa, propter impossibilitatem praevidendi de omnibus particularibus
A dispensation is the provident relaxation of a malum prohibitum weighed from utility or necessity; and it is conceded by law to the king on account of the impossibility of foreknowledge concerning all particulars.
Donari videtur quod nullo jure cogente conceditur
That is considered to be given which is granted when no law compels.
Est autem jus publicum et privatum quod ex naturalibus praeceptis aut gentium aut civilibus est collectum; et quod in jure scripto jus appellatur, id in lege Angliae rectum esse dicitur
Public and private law is that which is collected either from natural precepts of the (law of) nations or from civil precepts; and that which in the civil law is called jus is said in the law of England to be right. Co. 1Jtt. 558.
Excessus in jure reprobatur
Excess in law is condemned.
Excessus in re qualibet jure reprobatur communi
Excess in anything at all is condemned by common law.
Haeres est aut jure proprietatis aut jure representationis
A person is an heir by either right of property or right of representation.
Id possumus quod de jure possumus
we are able to do that which we can do lawfully.
Id tantum possumus quod de jure possumus
We can do only what we can lawfully do.
Illud quod alias licitum non est, necessitas facit licitum, et necessitas inducit privilegium quod jure privatur.
That which is not otherwise lawful, necessity makes lawful; and necessity brings in as a privilege what is denied by right. 10 Coke 61.
In aequali jure melior est conditio possidentis.
When the parties have equal rights, the condition of the possessor is the better.
In his quae de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicrsjus patriae vel loci non est alleganda
In those things that by common right are conceded to all, the custom of a particular country or place is not to be adduced.
In omnibus quidem, maxime tamen injure, aequitas spectanda sit
In all affairs indeed, but especially in those that concern the administration of justice, equity should be regarded.
In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus
In whatever matter one offends, in that the person is rightfully to be punished. e Coke refers to forfeiture of the office abused. Co. Litt. 233b.
In re communi neminem dominorum jure facere quicquam, invito altero, posse
In common property no one of the coproprietors can do (or make) anything against the will of the other. Dig. 10.3.28.
Infinitum in jure reprobatur.
That which is endless is condemned in law.
Injure
[Latin "in law"] 1. According to the law. 2. Roman law. Before the praetor or other magistrate. ( In jure referred to the first stage of a Roman trial, held before the praetor for the purpose of establishing the legal issues present in the action. Evidence was taken in the second stage, which was held before a judex. - Also spelled in iure. See FORMULA (1). Cf. IN JUDICIO.
Intestatus decedit qui aut omnino testamentum non fecit aut non jure fecit, aut id quod fecerat ruptum irritumve factum est, aut nemo ex eo haeres exstitit
A person dies intestate who either has made no will at all or has not made it legally, or when the will that he had made has been annulled or become ineffectual, or when there is no living heir.
Ipsae leges cupiunt ut jure regantur
The laws themselves desire that they should be governed by right.
Jura sanguinis nullo jure civili dirimi possunt
The rights of blood (or kinship) cannot be destroyed by any civil law.
Jure naturae aequum esneminem cum alterius detrimento et injuria fieri locupletiorem
By the law of nature, it is just that no one should be enriched to the detriment and injury of another.
Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur
Liberty is the natural power of doing whatever one pleases, except what is prevented by law or force.
Longum tempus et longus usus qui excedit memoriam hominum suicit pro jure
Long time and long use beyond the memory of men suffice for right.
Major haereditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus quam a parentibus
A greater inheritance comes to every one of us from right and the laws than comes from parents.
Maris et faeminae conjunctio est de jure naturae
The union of male and female is founded on the law of nature.
Multa in jure communi contra rationem disputandi pro communi utilitate introducta sunt
Many things have been introduced into the common law, with a view to the public good, that are contrary to logical reasoning. Co. Litt. 70b.
Neminem laedit qui jure suo utitur
A person who exercises his own rights injures no one.
Nemo potest nisi quod de jure potest
No one is able to do a thing, unless he can do it lawfully.
Nihil aliud potest rex quam quod de jure potest
The king can do nothing but what he can do legally.
Nihil in lege intolerabilius est (quam) eandem rem diverso jure censeri
Nothing in law is more intolerable than that the same case should be subject (in different caurts) to different views of the law.
Nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur
Too much subtlety in law is condemned.
Nimia subtilitas injure reprobatur, et talis certitudo certitudinem confundit
Too great subtlety is disapproved of in law, and such certainty confounds certainty.
Nomen non sufcit si res non sit de jure aut de facto
A name does not suffice if the' thing does not exist by law or by fact.
Non definitur injure quid sit conatus
What an attempt is, is not defined in law.
Non jus ex regula sed regula ec jure
the law does not arise from the rule (or maxim)but the rule from the lae.
Non praestat impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum
A thing that has no effect in law is not an impediment.
Non valet impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum
An impediment that does not derive its effect from the law has no force.
Non videtur vim facere qui jure suo utitur et ordinaria actione experitur
A person is not judged to use force who exercises his own right and proceeds by ordinary action.
Nulli enim res sua servit jure servitutis
No one can have a servitude over his own property.
Nullum iniquum est praesumendum injure
Nothing unjust is to be presumed in law.
Nullus videtur dolo facere qui suo jure utitur
No one is to be regarded as acting by fraud who exercises his legal right.
Omnia quae jure contrahuntur contrario jure pereunt
All obligations contracted under a law are destroyed by a law to the contrary.
Omnis definitio injure civili periculosa est, parum est enim ut non subverti posit
Every definition in the civil law is dangerous, for there is very little that cannot be overthrown.