Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Catallis captis nomine districtionis
[Latin "chattels taken in name of distress"] Hist. A writ permitting a landlord who is owed rent to distrain (i.e., seize) the doors, windows, and gates of the tenant's house
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.
Fatuus praesumitur qui in proprio nomine errat
A person is presumed to be incompetent who makes a mistake in his own name (that is, does not know his own name).
Nemo alieno nomine lege agere potest. No
one can sue at law in the name of another.
Nominee
1. A person who is proposed for an office, position, or duty. 2. A person designated to act in place of another, usu. in a very limited way. 3. A party who holds bare legal title for the benefit of others or who receives and distributes funds for the benefit of others.
Quod a quoque poenae nomine exactum est id eidem restituere nemo cogitur
What has been exacted from someone as a penalty no one is obliged to restore to him.
Si quidem in nomine, cognomine, praenomine, agnomine legatarii testator erraverit, cum de persona constat, nihilominus valet legatum
If the testator has erred in the name, cognomen, praenomen, or title of the legatee, when there is certainty about the person, the legacy is nonetheless valid.
eo nomine
[Latin] By or in that name <interest eo nomine>.
in Dei nomine
[Latin] Hist. In the name of God. ( The opening phrase of certain writs.
in nomine Dei, Amen
[Latin] Hist. In the name of God, Amen. ( This phrase formerly appeared at the beginning of a will or other instrument.
nomine
[fr. Latin nomen "name"] Roman law. 1. By name; under thename of, as in sine nomine edere librum ("to publish [a book] anonymously"). 2. On behalf of, as in proprio (suo) nomine ("on one's own behalf ').
nomine poenae
n. [Latin "in the name of penalty"] 1. Civil law. A clause in a testament requiring the heir to do something by way of penalty. 2. At common law, a penalty for nonperformance, such as additional rent to be paid by a tenant to a landlord for failing to perform certain conditions in a lease.
nominee trust
See TRUST.
sub nominee
[Latin] Under the name. ( This phrase, typically in abbreviated form, is often used in a case citation to indicate that there has been a name change from one stage of the case to another, as in Guernsey Memorial Hosp. v. Secretary of Health and Human Servs., 996 F.2d 830 (6th Cir. 1993), rev'd sub nom. Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hosp., 514 U.S. 87, 115 S.Ct. 1232 (1995). - Abbr. sub nom.
suo nominee
.Latin] In one's own name.