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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

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.

Jus publicum privatorum pactis mutari non potest

A public right cannot be changed by agreements of private parties.

jus publicum

n. [Latin "public law"] 1. Roman & civil law. The public law of crimes, of officers, of the priesthood, and of the status of persons. 2. The right, title, or dominion of public ownership; esp., the government's right to own real property in trust for the public benefit. See PUBLIC LAW. Cf JUS PRIVATUM.