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.