Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Affectio tua nomen imponit operi tuo
Your motive gives a name to your act.
Cognomen majorum est ex sanguine tractum, hoc intrinsecum est; agnomen extrinsecum ab eventu
The cognomen is derived from the blood of ancestors and is intrinsic; an agnomen (or honorary title) arises from an event, and is extrinsic.
Filius est nomen naturae, sed haeres nomen juris
"Son" is a name of nature, but "heir" a name of law.
Haeres est nomen collectivum
"Heir' -is a collective noun.
Haeres est nomen juris, filius est nomen naturae
"Heir" is a term of law; "son" is one of nature.
Intentio mea imponit nomen operi meo.
My intent gives a name to my act.
Litis nomen omnem actionem signifzcat, sive in rem, sive in personam sit
The word "lis" (a lawsuit) signifies every action, whether it is in rem or in personam.
Nomen est quasi rei notamen
A name is, as it were, the distinctive sign (or signifier) of a thing.
Nomen non sufcit si res non sit de jure aut de facto
A name does not suffice if the' thing does not exist by law or by fact.
Parens est nomen generale ad omne genus cognationis
"Parent" is a general name for every kind of relationship.
Praenomen
n. [Latin] Roman law. The first of a person's three names, given to distinguish the person from family members.
agnomen
[latin] 1. an additional name or title; a nickname. 2. roman law. an additional name, given in recognition of some achievement or to reflect adoption by a different gens. see nomen.
nomen
n. [Latin] 1. Roman lacy. A personal name. ( A Roman citizen generally had three names: a praenomen ("first name"), a nomen ("the name of the family group"), and cognomen ("a surname"). 2. Roman law. A claim; an obligation. 3. Hist. A person's first name. 4. More broadly, any name. See AGNOMEN.
nomen collectivum
n. [Latin] A collective name; a name of a class of things.
nomen generalissimum
n. [Law Latin] A name with the most general meaning. "Nomen generalissimum. A very general name: a comprehensive term. Such are the terms crime, demand, draft, estate, goods, grant, heir, house, instrument, interest, land, merchandise, obligation, offense." William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law 711 (1889).
nomen generate
n. [Latin] A general name; a genus.
nomen juris
n. [Latin] A legal name or designation.
nomen transcripticium
n. [Latin "entry (in an account transferred)"] Roman law. A creditor's entry of a money debt into a new account (expensilatio) after closing another account, thereby creating, with the debtor's permission, a literal contract from an existing obligation, which may or may not have been enforceable. Pl. nomina transcripticia.