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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

de retorno habendo

[Law Latin] For having a return. ( This term applied to (1) a judgment for a defendant in a replevin action, (2) a writ of execution for a defendant awarded judgment in a replevin action, and (3) a surety provided by a plaintiff at the beginning of a replevin action.

retorno habendo

See DE RETORNO HABENDO.

writ pro retorno habendo

n. [Law Latin "for return to be had"] Hist. A writ ordering the return of goods to a defendant who, upon the plaintiff's default, obtained a favorable judgment in a replevin action.