Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Cui pater est populus non habet ille patrem.
That person to whom the people is father has not a father.
Frater fratri uterino non succedit in haereditate paterna
A brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the paternal inheritance.
Non valebit felonis generatio nee ad haereditatem paternam vel maternam; si autem ante feloniam generationem- fecerit, talis generatio succedit in haereditate patris vel matris a quo non fuerit feloni
The offspring of a felon cannot succeed either to a maternal or paternal inheritance; but if the felon had offspring before the felony, the offspring may succeed to the inheritance of the father or mother by whom no felony was committed.
Pater est quern nuptiae demonstrant
The father is the man whom the marriage indicates.( This expresses the idea that a child born to a married woman is presumed begotten by her husband.
Pater is est quern nuptiae demonstrant
The father is he whom the marriage indicates.
Paternal
adj. Of, relating to, or coming from one's father <paternal property>. Cf. M:\TERNAL.
Paternalism
n. A government's policy or practice of taking responsibility for the individual affairs of its citizens, esp. by supplying their needs or regulating their conduct in a heawhanded manner. - paternalistic, arh.
Proles sequitur sortem paternam
The offspring follows the condition of the father.
Verba quantumvis generalia ad aptitudinem restringuntur, etiamsi nullam aliam paterentur restrictionem
Words, howsoever general, are confined to fitness (i.e., to harmonize with the subject matter), even if they would bear no other restriction.
ex parte paterna
Latin] On the father's side; of the paternal line.
favor paternitatis
[Latin "(in) favor of paternity"] The principle that facts will be interpreted so as to uphold the paternity of a child.
feudum paternum
Hist. 1. A feud that the tenant's paternal ancestors had held for four generations. 2. A feud descendible only to the heirs on the paternal side. 3. A feud that could be held only by males.
legal paternalism
The theory that a government or legal system is justified in controlling the individual affairs of the citizens. ( This theory is often associated with legal positivists. See PATERNALISM; LEGAL POSITIVISM.
pater
, n. [Latin] Father.
pater patriae
. [Latin] Father of the country. See PARENS PATRIAE.
paterfamilias
n. [Latin] Roman law. The male head of a family or household; esp., one invested with potestas (power) over another. - Also termed homo
paternal line
See LINE.
paternal property
Property that comes from the father of a party, and other ascendants of the paternal stock.
paternal-line descent
Descent between two persons, traced through the father of the younger.
paternity
. The state or condition of being a father, esp. a biological one; fatherhood.
paternity suit.
A court proceeding to determine whether a person is the father of a child (esp. one born out of wedlock), usu. initiated by the mother in an effort to obtain child support. -Also termed paternity action; parentage action; bastardy proceeding.
paternity test
A test, usu. involving DNA identification or tissue-typing, for determining whether a given man is the biological father of a particular child. See DNA IDENTIFICATION; HLA TEST.