Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Accusare nemo debet se, nisi coram Deo

No one is obliged to accuse himself, except before God.

Casus fortuitus non est sperandus, et nemo tenetur divinare

A chance event.is not to be expected, and no one is bound to foresee it.

Cogitationis poenam nemo meretur

No one deserves punishment for his thoughts.

Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur

No one punished for his thoughts.

Confirmare nemo potest priusquam jus ei acciderit

No one can confirm before the right accrues to him.

In propria causa nemo judex

No one can be judge in his own cause.

Intestatus decedit qui aut omnino testamentum non fecit aut non jure fecit, aut id quod fecerat ruptum irritumve factum est, aut nemo ex eo haeres exstitit

A person dies intestate who either has made no will at all or has not made it legally, or when the will that he had made has been annulled or become ineffectual, or when there is no living heir.

Lex est tutissima cassis; sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur

Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived.

Multi multa, nemo omnia novit

Many men know many things; no one knows everything.

Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsum

No one is allowed to incapacitate himself.

Nemo agit in seipsum

No one acts against himself.

Nemo alienae rei, sine satisdatione, defensor idoneus intelligitur

No one is considered a competent defender of another's property, without security.

Nemo alieno nomine lege agere potest. No

one can sue at law in the name of another.

Nemo aliquam partem recte intelligere potest, antequam totum iterum atque iterum perlegerit

No one can properly understand any part of a thing until he has read through the whole again and again.

Nemo allegans suam turpitudinem audiendus est

No one testifying to his own wrong is to be heard as a witness.

Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto

No one is punished twice for the same offense.

Nemo cogitationis poenam patitur

No one suffers punishment for his thoughts.

Nemo cogitur rem suam vendere, etiam justo pretio

No one is bound to sell his property, even for a just price.

Nemo contra factum suum (proprium) venire potent

No one can contradict his own deed. 2 Co. Inst. 66.

Nemo damnum facit, nisi qui id fecit quod facere jus non habet

No one does damage except the person who did what he has no right to do.

Nemo dare potest quod non habet

No one can give that which he does not have.

Nemo dat qui non habet

No one gives who does not possess.

Nemo de domo sua extrahi potest

No one can be dragged (taken by force) from his own house. Dig. 50.17.103.

Nemo debet bin vexari pro eadem causa. No

one should be twice troubled for the sarne cause.

Nemo debet bin vexari pro una et eadem causa

No one ought to be twice troubled for one and the same cause.

Nemo debet bin vexari, si constet curiae quod sit pro una et eadem causa

No one ought to be twice troubled, if it appears to the court that it is for one and the same cause of action.

Nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto

No one ought to be punished twice for the wine offense.

Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa

No one should be judge in his own cause.

Nemo debet immiscere se rei alienae ad se nihil pertinenti

No one should interfere in another's business that does not at all concern him.

Nemo debet in communione invitus teneri

No one should be retained in a partnership against his will.

Nemo debet locupletari aliena jactura

No one ought to be enriched at another's expense.

Nemo debet locupletari ex alterius incommodo

No one ought to be enriched out of another's disadvantage.

Nemo debet rem suam sine factu aut defectu suo amittere

No one should lose his property without his own act or negligence.

Nemo duobus utatur ofciis

No one should exercise two offices.

Nemo ejusdem tenementi simul potest esse haeres et dominus

No one can be at the same time heir and lord of the same tenement.

Nemo enim aliquam partem recte intelligere possit antequam totum iterum atque iterum perlegerit

No one may be able rightly to understand one part before he has again and again read through the whole.

Nemo est haeres viventis

No one is an heir of someone living.

Nemo est supra leges

No one is above the laws.

Nemo ex alterius facto praegravari debet

No one ought to be burdened in consequence of another's act.

Nemo ex consilio obligatur

No one is bound for the advice he gives.

Nemo ex dolo suo proprio relevetur aut auxilium capiat

Let no one be relieved or gain advantage by his own fraud.

Nemo ex proprio dolo consequitur actionem

No one acquires a right of action from his own wrong (or deception).

Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam conditionem facere potest

No one can improve his condition by his own wrong.

Nemo in propria causa testis esse debet

No one can be a witness in his own cause.

Nemo inauditus condemnari debet, si non sit contumax

No one ought to be condemned unheard, unless he is obstinate (in refusing to appear).

Nemo jus sibi dicere potest

No one can give judgment for himself.

Nemo militans Deo implicetur secularibus negotiis

No one warring for God should be troubled by secular business.

Nemo nascitur artifex

No one is born an expert. ( Wisdom in the law is aquired only through diligent study. Co. Litt. 97b.

Nemo patriam in qua natus est exuere, nec ligeantiae debitum ejurare posit

No one can cast off his native land or reuse the obligation of allegiance to it.

Nemo plus commodi haeredi suo relinquit quam ipse habuit

No one leaves a greater asset to his heir than he had himself.