Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A digniori fieri debet denominatio et resolutio
The denomination and explanation ought to be derived from the more worthy.
Ad recte docendum oportet primum inquirere nomina, quia rerum cognitio a nominibus rerum dependet
In order rightly to comprehend a thing, it is necessary first to inquire into the names, for a right knowledge of things depends upon their names.
Assisted self-determination
see assisted suicide under suicide. Assize (a-siz), n. 1. A session of a court or council.
Atterminare
vb. [law latin] 1. To put off to a succeeding term; to adjourn. 2. To prolong the time to pay a debt.
Bar examination.
A written test that a person must pass before being licensed to practice law. 0 the content and format of bar examinations vary from state to state. - often shortened to bar.
Breve innominatum
[Latin "innominate writ"] A writ that recites a cause of action only in general terms.
Brevia, tam originalia quam judicialia, patiuntur anglica nomina
Writs, original as well as judicial, bear English names.
Central Criminal Court
The Crown Court sitting in London, formerly known as the Old Bailey. ( The Central Criminal Court, created in 1834, has jurisdiction to try all indictable offenses committed in London. See CROWN COURT.
Central Criminal Court Act
See PALMER'S ACT.
Comminatorium
[Latin comminari "threaten"] Hist. A clause often included at the end of a writ, admonishing the sheriff to be faithful in the writ's execution.
Court of Criminal Appeals
1. For each armed service, an intermediate appellate court that reviews court-martial decisions. ( The court was established by the Military Justice Act of 1968. 10 USCA ยงยง 859-876. - Formerly termed Court of Military Review (abbr. CMR). 2. In some jurisdictions, such as Texas and Oklahoma, the highest appellate court that hears criminal cases.
Crimen laesae majestatis omnia alia crimina excedit quoad poenam
The crime of treason exceeds all other crimes in its punishment.
Crimina morte extinguuntur
Crimes are extinguished by death.
Criminal
n. 1. One who has committed a criminal offense. 2. One who has been convicted of a crime.
Criminal assault
an assault considered a crime and not as a tort. 0 this term isola the legal elements that give rise to criminal liability even though the act might also have been tortious.
Criminalism
1 A pathological tendency toward criminality. 2. Archaic. The branch of psychiatry dealing with habitual criminals.
Criminalist
1 A person who practices criminalistics as a profession. 2. Archaic. One versed in criminal law. 3. Archaic. A psychiatrist who treats criminals. 4. Archaic. A habitual criminal.
Criminalistics
n. The science of crime detection, usu. involving the subjection of physical evidence to laboratory analysis, including ballistic testing, blood-fluid and tissue analysis, and other tests that are helpful in determining what happened. Cf. CRIMINOLOGY.
Criminaliter
adu. [Latin] Criminally. Cf. CIVILITER.
Criminality
1 The state or quality of being criminal. 2. An act or practice that constitutes a crime.
Criminalization
n.1. The act or an instance of making a previously lawful act criminal, usu. by passing a statute. Cf. DECRIMINALIZATION; CIVILIZATION. 2. The process by which a person develops into a criminal. - criminalize, ub.
Criminalize
ub. To make illegal; to outlaw.
Criminate
Ub. INCRIMINATE.
Crimination
n. 1. INCRIMINATION. 2. An accusation or strong censure.
Criminative
adj. Of, relating to or involving incrimination or accusation. Cf, INFIRMATIVE. i
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.
De nomine proprio non est curandum cum in substantia non erretur; quia nomina mutabilia sunt, res autem immobiles
As to the proper name, it is not to be regarded when there is no error in substance; because names are changeable, but things are immutable.
Decriminalization
n. The legislative act or process of legalizing an illegal act <many doctors seek the decriminalization of euthanasia. - decriminalize, ub. Cf. CRIMINALIZATION (1).
Delimination
The act of marking a boundary or fixing a limit.
Denominatio fieri debet a dignioribus
Denomination should be made from the more worthy.
Denomination
1. An act of naming. 2. A collective designation, esp. of a religious sect.
Determinable
adj. 1. Liable to end upon the happening of a contingency; terminable <fee simple determinable>. 2. Able to be determined or ascertained <the delivery date is determinable because she kept the written invoice > .
Determination
n. 1. A final decision by a court or administrative agency <the court's determination of the issue>.
Discriminatee
A person unlawfully discriminated against.
Discrimination
n. 1. The effect of a law or established practice that confers privileges on a certain class or that denies privileges to a certain class because of race, age, sex, nationality, religion, or handicap. 0 Federal law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, prohibits employment discrimination based on any one of those characteristics. Other federal statutes, supplemented by court decisions, prohibit discrimination in voting rights, housing, credit extension, public education, and access to public facilities. State laws provide further protections against discrimination. 2. Differential treatment; esp., a failure to treat all persons equally when no reasonable distinction can be found between those favored and those not favored."The dictionary sense of discrimination' is neutral while the current political use of the term is frequently nonneutral, pejorative. With both a neutral and a nonneutral use of the word having currency, the opportunity for confusion in arguments about racial discrimination is en
Dominate
ub. 1. To master (someone or something); to control (someone or something). 2. Predominate.
Dominatio
n. [Latin] Hist. Lordship; rule.
Elimination
Hist. The act of banishing or turning out of doors; rejection.
Examination
1. The questioning of a witness under oath. See DIRECT EXAMINATION; CROSS-EXAMINATION. 2. Bankruptcy. The questioning of a bankrupt, esp. at the first meeting of creditors, concerning such matters as the bankrupt's debts and assets. 3. Patents. An inquiry made at the Patent and Trademark Office, upon application for a patent, into the alleged invention's novelty and utility, and whether it interferes with any other patented invention. 4. PRELIMINARY HEARING. 5. A test, such as a bar examination.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
The rules governing criminal proceedings in the U.S. district courts. - Abbr. Fed. R. Crim. P.
Flumina et portus publica sunt, ideoque jus piscandi omnibus commune est
Rivers and ports are public; and therefore the right of fishing is common to all.
Foeminae ab omnibus officiis civilibus vel publicis remotae sunt
Women are excluded from all civil and public charges or offices.
Foeminae non sunt capaces de publicis officiis
Women are not qualified for public offices.
In civilibus ministerium excusat, in criminalibus non item
In civil matters, agency (or service) excuses, but not so in criminal matters.
In criminalibus probationes debent esse luce clariores
In criminal cases, the proofs ought to be clearer than light.
In criminalibus suicit generalis malitia intentionis cum facto paris gradus
In criminal cases, a general malice of intention is sufficient if combined with an act of equal or corresponding degree.
In criminalibus voluntas reputabitur pro facto
In criminal matters, the intent will be reckoned as the deed. ( In criminal attempts or conspiracy, the intention is considered in place of the act. 3 Inst. 106.
In omni re nascitur res quae ipsam rem exterminat
In everything, the thing is born that ends the thing itself.
In omnibus contractibus, sive nominatis sive innominatis, permutatio continetur
In all contracts, whether express or implied, there must be something given in exchange. 2 Bl. Com. 444.
Incriminating
adj. Demonstrating or indicating involvement in criminal activity <incriminating evidence>.