Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
A justitia (quasi a quodam fonte) omnia jura emanant
From justice, as from a fountain. all rivhts flow
Conscientia dicitur a con et scio, quasi scire cum Deo.
Conscience is so called from con and scio, to know, as it were, with God.
Contractus est quasi actus contra actum
A contract is, as it were, act against act.
Eisdem modis dissolvitur obligatio quae nascitur ex contractu, vel quasi, quibus contrahitur
An obligation that arises from a contract or quasi contract is dissolved in the same ways in which it is contracted.
Judicium est quasi juris dictum
Judgment is, as it were, a pronouncement of the right (or a saying of the law).
Lex judicat de rebus necessario faciendis quasi re ipsa factis
The law judges of things that must necessarily be done as if actually done.
Ligeantia est quasi legis essentia; est vinculum fidei
Allegiance is, as it were, the essence of the law; it is the bond of faith.
Nomen est quasi rei notamen
A name is, as it were, the distinctive sign (or signifier) of a thing.
Plures cohaeredes sunt quasi unum corpus, propter unitatem juris quod habent
Sever al coheirs are as one body, by reason of the unity of right that they possess.
Plures participes sunt quasi unum corpus in eo quod unum jus habent
Several coheirs (or parceners) are as one body in that they have one right. Co. Litt. 164.
Possessio est quasi pedis position
Possession is, as it were, the position of the foot.
Privilegium est quasi privates lex
A privilege is, as it were, a private law.
Quod jussu alterius solvitur pro eo est quasi ipsi solutum esset
That which is paid at the bidding of another has the same effect as if it had been paid to that person himself. 0 The party who has a debt paid for him is in. the same position as though the money were paid to him directly. Dig. 17.180.
Secta est pugna civilis, sicut actores armantur actionibus, et quasi accinguntur gladiis, its rei (e contra) muniuntur exceptionibus, et defenduntur quasi clypeis
A suit is a civil battle; just as the plaintiffs are armed with actions and, as it were, girded with swords, so (against them) the defendants are fortified with pleas, and defended as though by shields.
Ubi non adest norma legis, omnia quasi pro suspectis habenda sunt
Where there is no rule of law, everything must be held, as it were, suspect.
Veredictum quasi dictum veritatis; ut judicium quasi juris dictum
A verdict is, as it were, the saying of the truth, in the same manner that a judgment is the saying of the law (or right).
action quasi in rem
An action brought against the defendant personally, with jurisdiction based on an interest in property, the objective being to deal with the particular property or to subject the property to the discharge of the claims asserted. See quasi in rem under IN REM.
action quasi in rem.
See ACTION.
estate tail quasi
See ESTATE.
ex quasi contractu
[Latin] From quasi-contract.
judgment quasi in rem
See JUDGMENT.
jurisdiction quasi in rem
See quasi-inrem jurisdiction.
obligatio quasi ex contractu
. [Latin "obligation from quasi-contract"] An obligation arising between two persons who have not contracted with each other but have formed a relationship similar to a contractual one; a quasi-contractual obligation. See implied-in-law contract under CONTRACT.
obligatio quasi ex contractu.
See OBLIGATIO.
obligatio quasi ex delicto
[Latin "obligation from something resembling a tort"] An obligation arising from a wrong that is not covered by an obligatio ex delicto but that nonetheless creates liability. - Also termed obligatio quasi ex maleficio (mal-afish-ee-oh).
obligatio quasi ex delicto.
See OBLIGATIO.
obligatio quasi ex maleficio.
See obligatio quasi ex delicto under OBLIGATIO.
quasi
[Latin "as if"] Seemingly but not actually; in some sense; resembling; nearly.
quasi -crime
See CRIME.
quasi in rem
[Latin "as if against a thing"] Involving or determining the rights of a person having an interest in property located within the court's jurisdiction. See action quasi in rem under ACTION.
quasi judicial
See QUASI-JUDICIAL.
quasi judicial act
1. A judicial act performed by an official who is not a judge. 2. An act performed by a judge who is not acting entirely in a judicial capacity. See JUDICIAL ACT.
quasi judicial power
An administrative agency's power to adjudicate the rights of those who appear before it.
quasi partner.
A person who joins others in an enterprise that appears to be, but is not, a partnership. ( A joint adventurer, for example, is a quasi-partner.
quasi possession
See incorporeal possession.
quasi posthumous child.
Civil law. A child who becomes a direct heir of a grandfather or other male ascendant because of the death of the child's father.
quasi public corporation
A for-profit corporation providing an essential public service. ( An example is an electric company or other utility
quasi traditio
[Latin "as if transfer"] Roman law. A party's acquisition of a servitude by using it with the informal permission or acquiescence of the owner.
quasi-admission
See ADMISSION (1).
quasi-admission.
An act or utterance, usu. extrajudicial, that creates an inconsistency with and discredits, to a greater or lesser degree, a present claim or other evidence of the person creating the inconsistency. solemn admission. See judicial admission
quasi-affinity
See AFFINITY.
quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization
A semipublic administrative body (esp. in the United Kingdom) having some members appointed and financed by, but not answerable to, the government, such as a tourist authority, a university-grants commission, a price-and-wage commission, a prison or parole board, or a medical-health advisory panel. ( This term is more commonly written as an acronym, quango (kwang-goh), without capital letters.
quasi-contract
See implied-in-law contract.
quasi-corporation
An entity that exercises some of the functions of a corporation but that has not been granted corporate status by statute; esp., a public corporation with limited authority and powers (such as a county or school district). - Also sometimes termed quasi -municipal corporation. Cf. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
quasi-crime
1. An offense not subject to criminal prosecution (such as contempt or violation of a municipal ordinance) but for which penalties or forfeitures can be imposed. 0 The term includes offenses that give rise to qui tam actions and forfeitures for the violation of a public duty. 2. An offense for which someone other than the actual perpetrator is held liable, the perpetrator being presumed to act on the command of the responsible party. See QUASI-DELICT (1).tion or of a specific character, such as vagrancy. - Also termed status offense.
quasi-delict
See DELICT.
quasi-deposit
See DEPOSIT (5).
quasi-derelict
A ship that has been abandoned temporarily or involuntarily. 2. Land uncovered by receding water from its former bed. 3. A street person or vagrant; a hobo.
quasi-derelict.
temporarily or involuntarily deserted or abandoned, as when the crew is dead or otherwise incapable of navigating the ship.2. Lacking a sense of duty; in breach of a legal or moral obligation <the managers were unquestionably derelict in their duties>.
quasi-domicile
See commercial domicile.