Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
dependent relative revocation
The doctrine that regards as mutually dependent the acts of destroying a will and substituting a new one when both acts are the result of one plan, so that, if a testator fails to complete the substitution, it is presumed that the testator would have preferred the old will to take effect. ( This doctrine is a specific application of the rule that the testator's intent governs.
parole revocation
The administrative act of returning a parolee to prison because of the parolee's failure to abide by the conditions of parole (as by committing a new offense). parol evidence See EVIDENCE.
power of revocation
A power that a person reserves in an instrument (such as a trust) to revoke the legal relationship that the person has created.
revocation
n. 1. An annulment, cancellation, or reversal, usu. of an act or power. 2. Contracts. Withdrawal of an offer by the offeror. 3. Wills & estates. Invalidation of a will by the testator, either by destroying the will or by executing a new one. - revoke, vb. Cf. REPUDIATION; RESCISSION.
revocation hearing
Criminal procedure. A hearing held to determine whether a parolee should be returned to prison for violating the terms of parole.