Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

penal redress

See REDRESS.

redress

n. 1. Relief; remedy <money damages, as opposed to equitable relief, is the only redress available>. 2. A means of seeking relief or remedy <if the statute of limitations has run, the plaintiff is without redress>. - redress (ri-dres), vb. - redressable, adj.

restitutionary redress

Compensation paid to one who has been injured, the amount being the pecuniary value of the benefit to the wrongdoer. See RESTITUTION (2).

self-redress.

See SELF-HELP.