Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt
The laws permit taking up arms against the armed.
Boni judicis est causas litium dirimere
It is the role of a good judge to remove causes of litigation.
Boni judicis est liter dirimere, ne lis ex lite oriatur
It is the role of a good judge to dispose of litigations so that one suit should not grow from another. 5 Coke 31a.
Circuitus est evitandus; et boni judicis est lites dirimere, ne lis ex lite oriatur
Circuity is to be avoided; and it is the role of a good judge to determine (or dispose of) litigations so that one lawsuit may not arise from another.
Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur
No one deserves punishment for his thoughts.
Cum actio fuerit mere criminalis, institui poterit ab initio criminaliter vel civiliter
When an action is purely criminal, it can be instituted from the beginning either criminally or civilly.
Ea quae raro accidunt non temere in agendas negotiis computantur
Those things that rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business, without sufficient reason.
Fiat prout fceri consuevit, nil temere novandum
Let it be done as it is accustomed to be done; let no innovation be made rashly.
Fraus meretur fraudem
Fraud deserves fraud.
Judices non tenentur exprimere causam sententiae suae
Judges are not bound to explain the reason of their judgments.
MERE. Abbr
MILITARY RULES OF EVIDENCE.
Nil temere novandum
Nothing should be rashly changed.
Non sunt longa ubi nihil est quod demere
possis. There is no prolixity where there is nothing that you can omit.
Re, verbis, scripto, consensu, traditione, junctura vestes sumere pacta solent
Compacts usually take their clothing from the thing itself, from words, from writings, from consent, from delivery, from the joining together.
Tutor rem pupilli emere non potest
A tutor cannot purchase the property of his ward.
Verba mere aequivoca, si per communern usum loquendi in intellectu certo sumun tur, talis intellectus praeferendus est
When words are purely equivocal, if by con mon usage of speech they are taken in a ce-a ~: meaning, such meaning is to be preferred.
Webb-Pomerene Act
A federal law, originally enacted in 1918, that provides a qualified exemption for an export business against the prohibitions of the antitrust laws. 15 USCA §§ 61 et seq. "The Webb- Pomerene Act was passed to aid and encourage our manufacturers and producers to extend our foreign trade. Congress believed that American firms needed the power to form joint export associations in order to compete with foreign cartels, but while Congress was willing to create an exemption from the antitrust laws to serve this narrow purpose, the exemption created by the Webb-Pomerene Act was carefully hedged in to avoid substantial injury to domestic interests. Organization under the Webb-Pomerene Act does not give an export association the right to agree with foreign competitors to fix prices . . . or establish exclusive markets " 54 Am. Jur. 2d Monopolies and Restraints of Trade § 262, at 298 (1996).
corium redimere
[Latin] Hist. To redeem one's skin. ( This referred to a person who paid restitution for an offense.
en ventre sa mere
[Law French "in utero"] (Of a fetus) in the mother's womb <child en ventre sa mere>. ( This phrase refers to an unborn child, usu. in the context of a discussion of that child's rights. - Also spelled in ventre sa mere. See VENTER. "An infant in ventre so mere, or in the mother's womb, is supposed in law to be born for many purposes." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 126 (1765).
in ventre sa mere
See EN VENTRE SA MERE.
mere
, n. [Law French] Mother, as in the phrase en centre sa mere ("in its mother's womb").
mere license
See bare license under LICENSE.
mere licensee
See bare licensee.
mere licensee.
See bare licensee under LICENSEE.
mere motu.
See EX MERE MOTU.
mere right
An abstract right in property, without possession or even the right of possession. - Also termed jus merum; merum jus; meer dreit. "The mere right of property, the jus proprietatis, without either possession or even the right of possession. This is frequently spoken of in our books under the name of the mere right, jus merum; and the estate of the owner is in such cases said to be totally devested, and put to a right. A person in this situation may have the true ultimate property of the lands in himself: but by the intervention of certain circumstances, either by his own negligence, the solemn act of his ancestor, or the determination of a court of justice, the presumptive evidence of that right is strongly in favour of his antagonist; who has thereby obtained the absolute right of possession .... The heir therefore in this case has only a mere right, and must be strictly held to the proof of it, in order to recover the lands." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws ofEngland 197-98 (1766).
mere-continuation doctrine
A principle under which a successor corporation will be held liable for the acts of a predecessor corporation, if only one corporation remains after the transfer of assets, and both corporations share an identity of stock, shareholders, and directors. - Also termed continuity-of-entity doctrine. Cf. SUBSTANTIAL-CONTINUITY DOCTRINE.
mere-evidence rule
Criminal procedure. The former doctrine that a search warrant allows seizure of the instrumentalities of the crime (such as a murder weapon) or the fruits of the crime (such as stolen goods), but does not permit the seizure of items that have evidentiary value only (such as incriminating documents).The Supreme Court has abolished this rule, and today warrants may be issued to search for and seize all evidence of a crime. Warden v. Hayden, 387 U.S. 294, 87 S.Ct. 1642 (1967); Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(b).
merestone
Archaic. A stone that marks land boundaries. - Also spelled mearstone.
meretricious
, adj. 1. Involving prostitution; of an unlawful sexual nature <a meretricious encounter>. 2. (Of a romantic relationship) involving either two people of the same sex or lack of capacity on the part of one party < a meretricious marriage>. 3. Superficially attractive but fake nonetheless; alluring by false show <meretricious advertising claims>.
on temere credere est nervus sapientae
Not to believe rashly is the sinew of wisdom.
redimere
vb. [Latin] 1. To buy back; repurchase. 2. To obtain the release of by payment; ransom.
remere
n. [French] The right of repurchase.
vente a remere
A conditional sale, in which the seller reserves the right to redeem or repurchase at the same price. ( The term is used in Louisiana and in some parts of Canada.