Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
lex Julia
n. [Latin] Roman law. One of several Roman statutes dating from the reign of Augustus (27 B.C.-AD. 14) and distinguished by additional words describing the particular subject matter, as in lex Julia de adulteriis.
lex Julia de adulteries
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law regulating marriage, discouraging celibacy, and encouraging marriage portions.
lex Julia de ambitu
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law discouraging illegal means of office-seeking.
lex Julia de annona
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law discouraging business combinations that raise the prices of basic goods, esp. food.
lex Julia de cessione bonorum
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law governing bankruptcies.
lex Julia de majestate
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law imposing capital punishment on a person acting against the emperor or state.
lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law regulating marriages, as by forbidding senators and their children from intermarrying with freedmen and outlaws, and freedmen from intermarrying with outlaws. ( This statute is usu. considered as one law with the lex Papia Poppea, which exempted women with three children or more from being placed under guardianship.
lex Julia de peculatu
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law punishing a person who steals public money, public property, or sacred objects. ( Punishment consisted of death or deportation.
lex Julia de residues
n. [Latin] Roman law. A law punishing persons who could not account for public money in their charge.