Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Arma reversata
n. ;law latin] reversed arms. ( this was a punishment for a felon or traitor.
Breve innominatum
[Latin "innominate writ"] A writ that recites a cause of action only in general terms.
Breve ita dicitur, quia rein de qua agitur, et intentionem petentis, paucis verbis breviter enarrat
A writ is called a "breve" because it briefly states, in few words, the matter in dispute, and the object of the party seeking relief.
Breve judiciale debet sequi suum originale, et accessorium suum principale
A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal.
Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu formae
A judicial writ does not fail for a defect of form.
Dormant Commerce Clause. The constitutional principle that the Commerce Clause prevents state regulation of interstate commercial activity even when Congress has not acted under its Commerce Clause po
Commerce Court. See COURT
Enbrever
ub. [Law French] 1. To abbreviate. 2. To put into a schedule.
Internal Revenue Code
Title 26 of the U. S. Code, containing all current federal tax laws. - Abbr. IRC. -- Also termed tax law
Internal Revenue Service.
The branch of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for administering the Internal Revenue Code and providing taxpayer education. - Abbr. IRS.
Nemo sine actione experitur, et hoc non sine breve sive libello conventionali
No one goes to trial without an action, and no one can bring an action without a writ or bill.
Novum judicium non dat novum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum, et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod diu fuit velatum
A new judgment does not make a new right, but declares the old; because adjudication is the declaration of a right, and by adjudication the right is newly revealed which has long been hidden. 10 Coke 42.
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
A federal law, enacted in 1980, providing a penalty for child-kidnapping by a no custodial parent and requiring a state to recognize and enforce a child-custody order rendered by a court of another state. 28 USCA § 1738A; 42 USCA §§ 654, 655, 663. - Abbr. PKPA. Cf. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT.
Prevent
vb. To hinder or impede <a gag order to prevent further leaks to the press>. preventative custody See CUSTODY (1).
Prevention
Civil law. The right of one of several judges having concurrent jurisdiction to exercise that jurisdiction over a case that the judge is first to hear.
Revenue Procedure
An official statement by the IRS regarding the administration and procedures of the tax laws. - Abbr. Rev. Proc.
Revenue Ruling
An official interpretation by the IRS of the proper application of the tax law to a specific transaction. ( Revenue Rulings carry some authoritative weight and may be relied on by the taxpayer who requested the ruling. - Abbr. Rev. Rul.
Reversal
n. 1. An appellate court's overturning of a lower court's decision. 2. Securities. A change in a security's near-term market-price trend. - reverse, vb.
Reversion
n. 1. A future interest in land arising by operation of law whenever an estate owner grants to another a particular estate, such as a life estate or a term of years, but does not dispose of the entire interest. ( A reversion occurs automatically upon termination of the prior estate, as when a life tenant dies. - Also termed reversionary estate; estate in reversion; equitable reversion. 2. Loosely, REMAINDER. -revert, vb. - reversionary , adj. Cf. POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER; REMAINDER.
Reversioner
1. One who possesses the reversion to an estate; the grantor or heir in reversion. 2. Broadly, one who has a lawful interest in land but not the present possession of it.
Reverter
See POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER.
album breve
A blank writ; a writ- with a blank or omission in it.
animus revertendi
the intention to return (to a place).
apertum breve
[Latin "open writ"] An open, unsealed writ. See patent writ under WRIT. Cf. CLAUSUM.
breve
n. [Law Latin] Hist. Writ. 0 The word brevis meant "short," and brevia were short writs, unlike charters. Pl. brevia (bree-vee-a).
breve de bono et malo
See DE ODIO ET ATIA.
breve de conventione.
See WRIT OF COVENANT.
breve de recto
See DE RECTO.
breve de transgressione super casum
See TRESPASS ON THE CASE.
breve magnum de recto
See DE RECTO PATENS.
breve perquirere
[Latin "to obtain a writ"] To purchase a writ or license of trial in the king's courts.
breve rebellionis
See COMMISSION OF REBELLION.
breve testatum
[Latin "a witnessed writ"] A written memorandum used to memorialize the terms of a conveyance and investiture of land. ( Witnesses to the conveyance did not sign the document, but their names were recorded. Brevia testata were introduced to reduce disputes concerning the terms of oral grants.
brevet
officer See OFFICER (2).
brevet officer
. A military officer who holds a nominal rank above that for which the person is paid.
cassetur breve
[Latin "that the writ be quashed"] Hist. A judgment quashing an action begun by writ.
current revenue
See current income under IN. COME.
de eve et de treve
[Law French] Hist. From grandfather and greatgrandfather's great-grandfather. 0 This phrase described the ancestral rights of lords to their villeins.
debet sine breve
n. [Law Latin "debt without a writ"] 1. An action for debt commenced under a bill rather than a writ. 2. A debt confessed by judgment. - Abbr. d.s.b. - Also termed debitum sine breve; debit sans breve. See CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT.
debit sans breve
See DEBET SINE BREVE.
debitum sine breve
See DEBET SINE BREVE.
deferred revenue.
See prepaid income under INCOME.
doctrine of revestment
A rule by which a court regains jurisdiction after the entry of final judgment when the former opposing parties have actively participated in proceedings inconsistent with the court's judgment.
down reversal
Securities. A sudden marketprice decline after a rising trend. ( The term applies to the early stage of the decline; if the decline continues for several months, it is termed a bear market. Also termed correction; market correction.
estate in reversion
See REVERSION.
et habeas ibi tune hoc breve
[Latin] Hist. And that you have then and there this writ. ( These were the formal words directing the return of a writ. The literal translation was retained in the later form of a considerable number of writs.
formedon in the reverter
A writ of formedon brought by a reversioner or donor of the grant or gift in tail to recover possession of the land.
general revenue
The income stream from which a state or municipality pays its obligations unless a law calls for payment from a special fund. See general fund under FUND (1).
general revenue fund
See FUND (1).
industrial-revenue bond.
See industrial-development bond under BOND (3).
inland revenue
See INTERNAL REVENUE.