Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Meeting
n. An assembly of persons, esp. to discuss and act on matters in which they have a common interest. - meet, ub.
annual meeting
Corporations. A yearly meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing directors and conducting other routine business. ( The time and place of such a meeting are usu. specified in the corporation's articles or bylaws. - Also termed regular meeting; stated meeting.
called meeting
See special meeting.
creditors' meeting
Bankruptcy. The first meeting of a debtor's creditors and equity security holders, presided over by the U.S. Trustee and at which a bankruptcy trustee may be elected and the debtor may be examined under oath. 11 USCA ยง 341. - Also termed meeting of creditors; 341 meeting.
family meeting
Civil law. 1. An advisory jury called to aid the court in a family-law matter. 2. A council of relatives of a minor assembled to advise the minor in his or her affairs and to help administer the minor's property.
first meeting.
Archaic. Criminal law. The first contact between a killer and a victim after the killer has been informed of the victim's insulting words or conduct that provoked the killing. ( If the killing occurred during the first meeting, a murder charge could be reduced to manslaughter. See HEAT OF PASSION.
meeting
See creditors' meeting.
meeting of creditors
See creditors' meeting under MEETING.
meeting of the minds
Contracts. Actual assent by both parties to the formation of a contract. ( This was required under the traditional subjective theory of assent, but modern contract doctrine requires only objective manifestations of assent. - Also termed mutuality of assent; aggregatio mentium. See MUTUAL ASSENT.
meeting-competition defense
Antitrust. A defense to a charge of price discrimination whereby the defendant shows that the lower price was a good-faith attempt to match what it believed to be a competitor's equally low offer.
open-meeting law
See SUNSHINE LAW.
organizational meeting
See MEETING.
public-meeting law
See SUNSHINE LAW.
regular meeting
See annual meeting.
special meeting
Corporations. A meeting called by the board of directors, an officer, or a group of shareholders for some extraordinary purpose, such as to vote on a merger. -Also termed called meeting.
stated meeting
See annual meeting. 341
town meeting
1. A legal meeting of a town's qualified voters for the administration of local government or the enactment of legislation. ( Town meetings of this type are common in some New England states. 2. More generally, any assembly of a town's citizens for the purpose of discussing political, economic, or social issues. 3. Modernly, a televised event in which one or more politicians meet and talk with representative citizens about current issues.