Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

prayer for relief

A request addressed to the court and appearing at the end of a pleading; esp., a request for specific relief or damages. -Often shortened to prayer. -- Also termed demand for relief. "The prayer for relief The plaintiff prays in his bill for the relief to which he supposes himself entitled on the case made out in the bill. This is called the special prayer. He then prays for general relief, usually in these words: 'And the plaintiff (or your orator) prays for such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require, and as may be agreeable to equity and good conscience.' Both prayers are generally inserted in the bill, - the special prayer first, the general following. Edwin E. Bryant, The Law of Pleading Under the ('odes of Civil Procedure 69 (2d ed. 1899). general prayer