Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Ignorare legis est lata culpa

To be ignorant of the law is gross neglect of it.

Lata culpa dolo aequiparatur

Gross negligence is equivalent to fraud.

lata culpa

[Latin "grave fault"] Gross negligence. ( This phrase occurs most commonly in bailment law and in the law of the transport of persons. - Also termed culpa lata. See gross negligence under NEGLIGENCE.