Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
pretermit
ub. 1. To ignore or disregard purposely <the court pretermitted the constitutional question by deciding the case on procedural grounds>. 2. To neglect or overlook accidentally <the third child was pretermitted in the will>.
pretermitted child
See pretermitted heir under HEIR.
pretermitted defense
A defense available to a party that must be pleaded at the right time or be waived.
pretermitted heir
A child or spouse who has b3en omitted from a will, as when a testator makes a will naming his or her two children and then, sometime later, has two more children who are not mentioned in the will. * Most states have so-called "pretermitted-heir statutes" under which an omitted child or spouse receives the same share of the estate as if the testator had died intestate, unless the omission was intentional. - Also termed (more specifically) pretermitted child; pretermitted spouse. See PRETERR MITTED-HEIR STATUTE.
pretermitted spouse
See pretermitted heir under HEIR.
pretermitted-heir statute
A state law that grants a pretermitted heir the right to inherit a share of the testator's estate, usu. by treating the heir as though the testator had died intestate. - Also termed pretermission statute.