Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
key money
1 Payment (as rent or security) required from a new tenant in exchange for a key to the leased property. 2. Payment made (usu. secretly) by a prospective tenant to a landlord or current tenant to increase the chance of obtaining a lease in an area where there is a housing shortage. ( Key money in the first sense is a legal transaction; key money in the second sense is usu. an illegal bribe that violates housing laws.