Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget
A simple proposition needs no expositor.
Ad proximum antecedens fiat relatio, nisi impediatur sentential
A relative is to be referred to the nearest antecedent, unless prevented by the sense.
Benignior sententia in verbis generalibus seu dubiis est preferenda
The more favorable construction is to be preferred in general or doubtful expressions.
Confessus in judicio pro judicato habetur et quodammodo sua sententia damnatur
A person who has confessed his guilt when arraigned is considered to have been tried and is, as it were, condemned by his own sentence.
Contra legem facit qui id facit quod lex prohibit; in fraudem vero qui, salvis verbis legis, sententiam ejus circumvenit
A person acts contrary to the law who does what the law prohibits; a person acts in fraud of the law who, without violating the wording, circumvents the intention. Dig. 1.3.29.
In ambiguis orationibus maxime sententia spectanda est ejus qui eas protulisset
In ambiguous expressions, the opinion (or meaning) of the person who made them is chiefly to be regarded.
In re propria iniquum admodum est alicui licentiam tribuere sententiae
It is extremely unjust to assign anyone the privilege of judgment in his own cause.
Incivile est, nisi tota sententia inspecta, de aliqua parte judicare
It is improper to give an opinion on any part of a passage without examining the whole.
Judices non tenentur exprimere causam sententiae suae
Judges are not bound to explain the reason of their judgments.
Parum est latam else sententiam, nisi mandetur executioni
It is not enough that judgment has been given if it is not committed to execution.
Praesumatur pro justitia sententiae
Let there be a presumption of sentence's justice.
Quorum praetextu nec auget nec minuit sententiam, sed tantum confirmat praemissa
"Quorum praetextu" neither increases nor diminishes the meaning, but only confirms what went before.
Quotiens idem sermo duas sententias exprimit, ea potissimum accipiatur quae rei gerendae aptior est
Whenever the same words express two meanings, that is to be taken most strongly which is the better fitted for carrying out the proposed end.
Semper praesumitur pro sentential
The presumption is always in favor of a judgment (or sentence).
Sententia a non judice lata nemini debet nocere
A judgment pronounced by one who is not a judge should harm no one.
Sententia contra matrimonium nunquam transit in rem judicatam
A sentence against marriage never becomes a final judgment (i.e., res judicata).
Sententia facit jus, et legis interpretatio legis vim obtinet
The judgment creates the right, and the interpretation of the law obtains the force of law.
Sententia facit jus, et res judicata pro veritate accipitur
The judgment creates the right, and what is adjudicated is taken for truth.
Sententia interlocutoria revocari potest, definitiva non potest
An interlocutory judgment may be revoked, but not a final one.
Sententia non fertur de rebus non liquidis
Judgment is not given upon matters that are not clear.
Testamentum est voluntatis nostrae justa sententia, de eo quod quis post mortem suam fieri velit
A testament is the just expression of our will concerning that which anyone wishes done after his death. ( Or, as Blackstone renders it, a testament is "the legal declaration of a man's intentions which he wills to be performed after his death." 2 BI. Com. 499.
sententia
n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. Sense; meaning. 2. An opinion, esp. a legal opinion. 3. A judicial decision.