Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Dispensatio est vulnus, quod vulnerat jus commune

A dispensation is a wound, because it wounds a common right.

Leges Angliae sunt tripartitae: jus commune, consuetudines, ac decreta comitiorum

The laws of England are threefold: common law, customs, and decrees of parliament.

Quae dubitationis tollendae causa contractibus inseruntur jus commune non laedunt

Clauses inserted in agreements to remove ambiguity do not prejudice the general law. Dig. 50.17.81.

contra jus commune

[Latin] Against common right or law, contrary to the rule of the common law.

jus commune

n. 1. Roman & civil law. The common or public law or right, as opposed to a law or right established for special purposes. Cf JUS SINGULARS. 2. The common law of England. See COMMON LAW (3).