Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Satius est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos
It is better to seek the sources than to follow tributaries.
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.
Secta quae scripto nititur a scripto variari non debet
A suit that relies upon a writing ought not to vary from the writing.
Sectarian
adj. Of or relating to a particular religious sect <sectarian college>.
ad sectam
adj. [law latin] at the suit of. ( this term, in abbreviated form, was used in indexing the names of cases by defendant - for example, "b ads. a" if b is the defendant. - abbr. ads.
coram sectatoribus
[Law Latin] Hist. Before the suitors.
de exoneratione sectae
n. [Law Latin "of exoneration of suit"] Hist. A writ exempting the king's ward from being sued in any court lower than the Court of Common Pleas (such as a county court, hundred court, leet, or court baron) during the time of the wardship.
de secta ad molendinum
n. [Law Latin "of suit at mill"]
exoneratione sectae
[Latin] Hist. A writ that lay for the Crown's ward, to be free from all suit during wariship.
exoneratione sectae ad curiam baron
[Latin "by exoneration of the suit to the lord's court"] Hist. A writ issued by the guardian of the Crown's ward, forbidding the sheriff or steward of a particular court from distraining or taking other action against the ward.
productio sectae
[Latin] See PRODUCTION OF SUIT.
secta
n. [Latin "suit"] 1. Roman law. A group of followers, as of a particular religion or school of philosophy, law, etc.; a religious sect. 2. Hist. People whom a plaintiff must bring to court to support the plaintiffs case. 3. Hist. A lawsuit.
secta ad molendinum.
See DE SECTA AD MOLENDINUM.
secta curiae
[Latin "suit of court"] Hist. Attendance at court, esp. by feudal tenants, who are obligated to attend the lord's court as jurors or parties.
secta facienda per illam quae habet eniciam partem
n. [Law Latin "suit to be performed by her who has the eldest part"] Hist. A writ ordering the eldest heir or coparcener to perform suit and services for all the coheirs or coparceners.
secta regalis
[Latin "king's suit"] Hist. An obligation to attend the sheriff's court twice a year, so called because it had the same functions and jurisdiction as the king's court.
secta unica tantum facienda pro pluribus haereditatibus
n. [Law Latin "one suit alone to be performed for several inheritances"] Hist. A writ exempting the eldest heir, distrained by a lord to perform several services for the coheirs, from performing all services but one.
sectatores
n. [Latin] Roman law. Supporters of candidates for office, who accompany a candidate during a campaign, primarily to impress voters.