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.
Academie de Droit International de La Haye
See HAGUE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita esl potest fieri; et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto
Even if alienation is prohibited, it may yet take place by the consent of all in whose favor it is prohibited; it is in the power of anyone to renounce a right introduced for his own benefit.
Alienatio rei praefertur juri accrescendi
Alienation of property is favored over the right to accumulate.
Assassination
n. The act of deliberately killing someone, esp. A public figure, usu. For hire or for political reasons. - assassinate, vb. -assassin, n.
Assisted self-determination
see assisted suicide under suicide. Assize (a-siz), n. 1. A session of a court or council.
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.
C.I.F destination
See COST, INSURANCE, AND FREIGHT.
C.I.F. place of destination
See C.LF destination under COST, INSURANCE, AND FREIGHT.
C.LF. destination
A contractual term denoting that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. - Also termed CLF. place of destination.
Charta non est nisi vestimentum donationis
A deed is nothing else than the vestment (or clothing) of a gift.
Combination
1. An alliance of individuals or corporations working together to accomplish a common (usu. economic) goal. See COMBINATION IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE. 2. CONSPIRACY. 3. Patents. A union of elements that may be partly old and partly new. ( The term encompasses not only a combination of mechanical elements but also a combination of substances in a composition claim or steps in a process claim. 4. STRADDLE.
Comperendinatio
[Latin "to remand to the next day but one"] Roman law. An adjournment of an action to hear the parties or their advocates a second time; a second hearing of the parties to a case. ( The judge Uudex) would decide the case at the conclusion of the second hearing.
Court of International Trade, U.S
See UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
Court of International Trade.
See UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
Crimination
n. 1. INCRIMINATION. 2. An accusation or strong censure.
Cujus per errorem dati repetitio est, ejus consulto dati donatio est
A thing given by mistake can be recovered; if given purposely, it is a gift. Dig. 50.17.53.
Declination
1.A deviation from proper course <declination of duty>. 2. An act of refusal <declination of a gift>. 3. A document filed by a fiduciary who chooses not to serve. 4. At common law, a plea to the court's jurisdiction by reason of the judge's personal interest in the lawsuit.
Delimination
The act of marking a boundary or fixing a limit.
Denationalization
1. Int'l law. The unilateral act of a country in depriving a person of nationality, whether by administrative decision or by operation of law. ( Strictly, the term does not cover a person's renunciation of citizenship. 2. The act of returning government ownership and control of an industry or function to private ownership and control. - denationalize, vb.
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.
Designatio justiciariorum est a rege; jurisdictio vero ordinaria a lege
The appointment of justices is by the king, but their ordinary jurisdiction is by the law.
Designatio unius est exclusio alterius, et expressum facit cessare tacitum
The designation of one is the exclusion of the other; and what is expressed prevails over what is implied.
Determination
n. 1. A final decision by a court or administrative agency <the court's determination of the issue>.
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
Divinatio, non interpretatio, est quae omnino recedit a litera
It is a guess, not interpretation, that altogether departs from the letter.
Dolus est machinatio, cum aliud dissimulat aliud agit
Deceit is an artifice, since it pretends one thing and does another.
Domestic International Sales Corporal
A U.S. corporation, esp. a subsidiary WHOSE income is primarily attributable to exports. s, Income tax on part of a DISC's income is USU deferred, resulting in a lower overall corporatftax for the parent than it would otherwise, incur. IRC (26 USCA) §§ 991-997 - Abbr. DISC.
Dominatio
n. [Latin] Hist. Lordship; rule.
Donatio non praesumitur
A gift is not presumed.
Donatio perlcitur possessione accipientis
A gift is rendered complete by the possession of the receiver.
Donatio principis intelligitur sine praejudicio tertii
A gift of the prince is understood without prejudice to a third party.
Donation
1. A gift. 2. Eccles. law. A method of acquiring a benefice by deed of gift alone, without presentation, institution, or induction.
Donationum alia perfecta, alia incepta et non perfecta; ut si donatio lecta fuit et concessa, ac traditio nondum fuerit subsecuta
Some gifts are perfect, others incipient and not perfect; for example, if a gift were read and agreed to, but delivery had not then followed.
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.
Extranational
adj. Beyond the territorial and governing limits of a country.
FOB destination
A mercantile term denoting that the seller is required, to pay the freight charges as far as the buyer's named destination.
FOB destination.
See FREE ON BOARD.
Federal National Mortgage Association
A corporation that is chartered by the U.S. government but privately owned and managed, and that provides a secondary mortgage market for the purchase and sale of mortgages guaranteed by the Veterans Administration and those insured under the Federal Housing Administration. - Abbr. FNMA. - Also termed Fannie Mace.
Festinatio justitiae est noverca infortunii.
The hurrying of justice is the stepmother of misfortune.
Government National Mortgage Association.
A federally owned corporation that purchases, on the secondary market, residential mortgages originated by local lenders and that issues federally insured securities backed by these mortgages. - Abbr. GNMA. - Also termed Ginnie Mae.
Hague Academy of International Law
(hayg). A center for advanced studies in international law, both public and private, aimed at facilitating the comprehensive and impartial examination of problems of international legal relations. ( It was founded in 1923 on the initiative of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Institut de Droit International. - Also termed Academie de Droit International de La Haye.
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
An international convention (established in 1980) that seeks to counteract child-snatching by noncustodici. ;;-rents. a The Hague Convention is a priva . ! legal mechanism available to parents seekhig the return of, or access to, their children. More than 46 countries are parties to the Convention, including the United States, which became a signatory on July 1, 1988.
Immigration and Nationality Act.
A comprehensive federal law regulating immigration, naturalization, and the exclusion of aliens. 8 USCA §§ 1101-1537. - Also termed Nationality Act.
Impersonation
The act of impersonating someone. - Also termed personation.
Incrimination
1. The act of charging someone with a crime. 2. The act of involving someone in a crime. - Also termed crimination. See SELF-INCRIMINATION. incroach, ub. Archaic. See ENCROACH.
Inesse potest donationi modus, conditio sine causa; ut modus est, si conditio; quia causa.
In a gift there may be manner, condition, or cause; as (ut) introduces a manner; if (si), a condition; because (quia), a cause.
Iniquum est ingenuis hominibus non esse liberam rerum suarum alienationem.
It is unjust for freeborn individuals not to have the free disposal of their own property.