Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Fiat prout fceri consuevit, nil temere novandum
Let it be done as it is accustomed to be done; let no innovation be made rashly.
Juvenile
n. A person who has not reached the age (usu. 18) at which one should be treated as an adult by the criminaljustice system; MINOR. - juvenile, adj. - juvenility (joo-va-nil-a-tee), n.
Lex nil facit frustra, nil jubet frustra
The law does nothing in vain and commands nothing in vain.
Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resolvit
A precedent accomplishes nothing if it settles one dispute by raising another.
Nil facit error nominis cum de corpore vel persona constat
An error in the name is immaterial when the body or person is certain.
Nil sine prudenti fecit ratione vetustas
Antiquity did nothing without a good reason.
Nil temere novandum
Nothing should be rashly changed.
Senility
Mental feebleness or impairment caused by old age. ( A senile person (in the legal, as opposed to the popular, sense) is incompetent to enter into a binding contract or to execute a will. - Also termed senile dementia (see-nil di-men-shee-a).
Sicut natura nil facit per saltum, ita nec lex
Just as nature does nothing with a leap, so neither does the law.
de dote unde nil habet
n. [Law Latin "of dower whereof she has none"] A writ ordering a tenant interfering with a widow's right to dower to provide a reasonable dower. - Also termed writ of dow "DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET. This is a writ of right in its nature .... It must be brought by the widow as demandant, against the tenant of the freehold, that is, the heir or his ahenee, and its effect is to enable the former to recover from the latter the seisin of a third part of the tenements in demand, to be set forth to her in severalty by metes and bounds, together with damages and costs." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 433 (2d ed. 1867).
dictum de Kenilworth
n. [Law Latin "edict of Kenilworth"] Hist. A declaration of an agreement between Edward I and the barons who had opposed him under the leadership of Simon de Montfort. ( The agreement, which concerned rent on the lands forfeited in the rebellion, was so called because it was made at Kenilworth castle in Warwickshire in A.D. 1266. It was published in the Statutes of the Realm and 52 Hen. 3.
dote unde nil habet
See DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET.
executory unilateral accord
An offer to enter a contract; OFFER (2).
judgment nil capiat per billa
See JUDGMENT.
judgment nil capiat per breve
Judgment that the plaintiff take nothing by the writ; a takenothing judgment in a case instituted by a writ.
juvenile court
A court having jurisdiction over cases involving children under a specified age, usu. 18. - Also termed children's court.
juvenile delinquency
Antisocial behavior by a minor; esp., behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult, but instead is usu. punished by special laws pertaining only to minors. - Also termed delinquent minor. Cf. INCORRIGIBILITY.Juvenile delinquency,' when employed as a technical term rather than merely a descriptive phrase, is entirely a legislative product Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 940 (3d ed. 1982).
juvenile delinquent
A minor guilty of criminal behavior, which is usu. punished by special laws not pertaining to adults. - Also termed juvenile offender; youthful offender; delinquent minor. See OFFENDER.
juvenile officer
A juvenile-court employee who works with the judge to direct and develop the court's child-welfare work. - Also termed county agent.
juvenile parole
The conditional release of a juvenile offender from confinement. - Also termed aftercare.
juvenile petition
A petition filed in a juvenile court, alleging delinquent conduct by the accused. ( The accusations made in a juvenile petition are tried in an adjudicatory hearing. See adjudicatory hearing under HEARING.
nil
[Latin] Nothing. 0 This word is a contracted form of nihil. See NIHIL EST.
nil debet
[Latin "he owes nothing"] Hist. A general denial in a debt action on a simple contract."The proper general issue in debt on simple contracts and statutes is 'nil debet,' which is a formal denial of the debt. It denies not only the existence of any contract, but under it any matters in excuse or in discharge may also be shown." Benjamin J. Shipman, Handbook of Common-Law Pleading ยง 184, at 327 (Henry Winthrop Ballantine ed., 3d ed. 1923).
nil habuit in tenementis
n. [Law Latin "he has nothing in the tenements"] Hist. In an action to recover rent on a lease, the defendant's plea that the landlord has no title or interest in the property at issue.
nil ligatum
[Latin "nothing is bound"] No obligation has been incurred. nimble dividend See DIVIDEND.
nil-dicit default judgment
[Latin "he says nothing"] A judgment for the plaintiff entered after the defendant fails to file a timely answer, often after appearing in the case by filing a preliminary motion. -Also termed nihil-dicit default judgment. -Often shortened to nihil dicit.
plain-vanilla swap
A typical interest-rate swap that involves one counterparty's paying a fixed interest rate while the other assumes a floating interest rate based on the amount of the principal of the underlying debt. ( The underlying debt, called the "notional" amount of the swap, does not change hands - only the interest payments are exchanged. interest unity See unity of interest under UNITY.
unilateral
adj. One-sided; relating to only one of two or more persons or things <unilateral mistake>.
unilateral act
See ACT (2).
unilateral act.
An act in which there is only one party whose will operates, as in a testamentary disposition, the exercise of a power of appointment, or the voidance of a voidable contract.
unilateral contract
See CONTRACT.
unilateral mistake
See MISTAKE.
unilateral mistake.
A mistake by only one party to a contract. ( A unilateral mistake is usu. not grounds to rescind the contract.