Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Platform
A statement of principles and policies adopted by a political party as the basis of the party's appeal for public support.
boilerplate,
n. 1. Ready-made or all-purpose language that will fit in a variety of documents. 2. Fixed or standardized contractual language that the proposing party views as relatively nonnegotiable. - boilerplate, adj.
consumer-contemplation test
A method of imposing product liability on a manufacturer if the evidence shows that a product's danger is greater than what a reasonable consumer would expect. - Also termed consumer-usereontemplation test; consumer-expectation test. Cf. RISK-UTILITY TEST.
consumer-user-contemplation test
See CON. SUMER-CONTEMPLATION TEST.
contemplation of bankruptcy
The thought of declaring bankruptcy because of the inability to continue current financial operations, often coupled with action designed to thwart the distribution of assets in a bankruptcy proceeding. - Also termed contemplation of insolvency.
contemplation of death
The thought of dying, not necessarily from an imminent danger, but as the compelling reason to transfer property to another. See gift causa mortis under GIFT.
contemplation of insolvency
See CONTEMPLATION OF BANKRUPTCY.
death, contemplation of
See CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH.
fraud in contemplation of law
See constructive fraud.
fraud in contemplation of law.
See construe tive fraud under FRAUD.
gift in contemplation of death
See gift causa mortis under GIFT. gift inter vivos. See inter vivos gift under GIFT. gift in trust. See GIFT, gift over. See GIFT, gift splitting. See split gift under GIFT gift-splitting election. See split gift under GIFT.
in contemplation of death
See CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH.
plat
1 A small piece of land; PLOT (1). 2. A map describing a piece of land and its features, such as boundaries, lots, roads, and easements.
plat map
A document that gives the legal descriptions of pieces of real property by lot, street, and block number. ( A plat map is usu. drawn after the property has been described by some other means, such as a government survey. Once a plat map is prepared, property descriptions are defined by referring to the appropriate map.
quadruplator
n. [Latin] Roman law. An informer who, by law, could institute criminal proceedings that would result in a fourfold penalty and then receive a reward for doing so. Pl. quadruplatores (kwah-drapla-tor-eez).
silver-platter doctrine
Criminal procedure. The principle that a federal court could allow the admission of evidence obtained illegally by a state police officer as long as a federal officer did not participate in or request the search. ( The Supreme Court rejected this doctrine in Elkins u. United States, 364 U.S. 206, 80 S.Ct. 1437 (1960).
transfer in contemplation of death
See gift causa mortis under GIFT.