Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

pecuniary

adj. Of or relating to money; monetary <a pecuniary interest in the lawsuit>.

pecuniary benefit

See BENEFIT.

pecuniary benefit.

A benefit capable of monetary valuation.

pecuniary bequest

See BEQUEST.

pecuniary cause

Eccles. law. A lawsuit maintainable in an ecclesiastical court to redress an injury relating to the church, such as a parishioner's failure to pay a tithe to a parson.

pecuniary damages

Damages that can be estimated and monetarily compensated. ( Although this phrase appears in many old cases, it is now widely considered a redundancy - since damages are always pecuniary.

pecuniary gain

See GAIN (1).

pecuniary legacy

A legacy of a sum of money.

pecuniary loss

A loss of money or of something having monetary value.