Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

paper street

A thoroughfare that appears on plats, subdivision maps, and other publicly filed documents, but that has not been completed or opened for public use.

street

A road or public: thoroughfare used for travel in an urban area, including the pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, and other areas within the street lines. "Strictly speaking, a 'street' is a public thoroughfare in an urban community such as a city, town, or village, ,and the term is not ordinarily applicable to roads and highways outside of municipalities. Although a street, its common parlance, is equivalent to a highway, it is usLially specifically denominated by its own proper appellation .... Whether a particular highway is to be regarded as a 'street' within the meaning of that term as used in a statute must, of course, be resolved by construction " 39 Am. Jur. 2d ~ft~hums, St,ret.,, anti 3hid,t;e, r at 588-89(1999)

street crime

Crime generally directed against a person in public, such as mugging, theft, or robbery.

street crime.

See crome.

street gang.

See GANG.

street name

See STREET NAME.