Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Accessorius sequitur naturam sui principalis

An accessory follows the nature of his principal.

Attempted suicide.

see suicide.

Circuity of action is, when an action is rightfully brought for a duty, but yet about the bush, as it were, for that it might as well have been otherwise answered and determined, and the suit saved: a

Class suit

See CLASS ACTION.

Curia parliamenti suis propriis legibus subsistit

The court of parliament is governed by its own laws.

Currit tempus contra desides et sui juris contemptores

Time runs against the indolent and those who are not mindful of their rights.

Dominus capitalis loco haeredis habetur, quoties per defectum vel delictum extinguitur sanguis sui tenentis

The supreme lord takes the place of the heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime.

Id perfectum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat

That is perfect which is complete in all its parts.

Ignorantia juris sui non praejudicat juri.

Ignorance of one's right does not prejudice the right.

In criminalibus suicit generalis malitia intentionis cum facto paris gradus

In criminal cases, a general malice of intention is sufficient if combined with an act of equal or corresponding degree.

Iniquum est aliquem rei sui else judicem

It is unjust for anyone to be judge in his own cause.

Legis minister non tenetur, in executione offscii sui, fugere aut retrocedere

The minister of the law is not bound, in the execution of his office, either to flee or to retreat.

Linea recta est index sui et obliqui; lex est linea recta

A right line is an index of itself and of an oblique; law is a right line. Co. Litt. 158b.

Longum tempus et longus usus qui excedit memoriam hominum suicit pro jure

Long time and long use beyond the memory of men suffice for right.

Maihemium est membri mutilatio, et dici poterit, ubi aliquis in aliqua parte sui corporis efectus sit inutilis ad pugnandum

Mayhem is the mutilation of a limb, and can be said (to occur) when a person is injured in any part of his body so as to be useless in a fight.

Nemo sibi esse judex vel suis jus dicere debet

No one ought to be his own judge or to administer justice in cases where his relations are concerned.

Nihil consensui tam contrarium est quam vis atque metus

Nothing is so opposite to consent as force and fear.

Nonsuit

n. 1. A plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of a case or of a defendant, without a decision on the merits. 0 Under the Federal Rules of Civil procedure, a voluntary dismissal is equivalent to a nonsuit. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). - Also termed voluntary discontinuance. 2. A court's dismissal of a case or of a defendant because the plaintiff' has failed to make out a legal case or to bring forward sufficient evidence. See judgment of nonsuit under JUDGMENT. - nonsuit, ub.

Potest quis renunciare, pro se et suis, jus quod pro se introductum est

A person may relinquish, for himself and his heirs, a right that was introduced for his own benefit.

Pursuit

1. An occupation or pastime. 2. The act of chasing to overtake or apprehend. See FRESH PURSUIT.

Quodcunque aliquis ob tutelam corporis sui fecerit jure id fecisse videtur

Whatever one does in defense of his person, he is considered to have done legally.

Suicide

n. 1. The act of taking one's own life. -Also termed self-killing; self-destruction; selfslaughter; self-murder; felony de se.

Suit

Any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law; CASE. - Also termed lawsuit; suit at law. See ACTION.

Suitable

adj. (Of goods, etc.) fit and appropriate for their intended purpose.

Suitas

n. [Law Latin] The status of a proper heir.

Suitor

1 A party that brings a lawsuit; a plaintiff or petitioner. 2. An individual or company that seeks to take over another company.

Suitors' Deposit Account

An account consisting of suitors' fees paid in the Court of Chancery that, by the Chancery Act of 1872, were to be invested in government securities bearing interest at 2% per annum on behalf of the investing suitor, unless the suitor directed otherwise.

Suitors' Fee Fund

Hist. A fund consisting largely of fees generated by the Court of Chancery out of which the court officers' salaries and expenses were paid. ( In 1869 the fund was transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. suit papers See COURT PAPERS.

Suits in Admiralty Act

A federal law giving injured parties the right to sue the government in admiralty. 46 USCA app. §§ 741-752.

Tempus enim modus tollendi obligationes et actiones, quia tempus currit contra Besides et sui juris contemptores

For time is a means of destroying obligations and actions, because time runs against those who are inactive and show little respect for their own rights.

Uxor non est sui juris sed sub potestate viri

A wife is not in her own right (i.e., she cannot act independently), but under the power of her husband.

Voluntas donatoris in charta doni sui manifeste expressa observetur

The will of the donor, if clearly expressed in the deed of his gift, should be observed.

ancillary suit

see suit.

assisted suicide

The intentional act of providing a person with the medical means or the medical knowledge to commit suicide. -Also termed assisted self-determination. CL EUTHANASIA.

attempted suicide

An unsuccessful suicidal act. 2. A person who has taken his or her own life. - suicidal, adj.

blackmail suit

A suit filed by a party having no genuine claim but hoping to extract a favorable settlement from a defendant who would rather avoid the expenses and hassles of litigation. class suit. See CLASS ACTION.

blackmail suit.

See SUIT

citizen suit

An action under a statute giving citizens the right to sue violators of the law (esp. environmental law) and to seek injunctive relief and penalties. 0 In the 1970s, during the heyday of antipollution statutes such as the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, legislators believed that regulators sometimes become too close to the industries they oversee and, as a result, lack the aggressiveness that individual citizens would be able to bring to litigation. The statutes therefore included provisions authorizing people to be "private attorneys general" to protect the environment, seeking not only injunctions to stop pollution but also penalties to be paid to the U.S. Treasury.

common suit

See common plea under PLE,,,

compos sui

adj. [Latin "master of one's self"] (Of a person) having control over one's own limbs, or the power of bodily motion.

compulsory nonsuit

See NONSUIT.

contestation of suit

Eccles. law. The point in an action when the defendant answers the plaintiff's libel (i.e., complaint); the plea and joinder of an issue. - Also termed contestatio litis.

creditor's suit

See CREDITOR'S BIl

deficiency suit

An action to recover the difference between a mortgage debt and the amount realized on foreclosure. See deficiency judgment under JUDGMENT.

derivative suit

See DERIVATIVE ACTION (1).

derivative suit.

See DERIVATIVE ACTION

diligentia quam suis rebus

n. [Latin] The care that an ordinary person exercises in managing his or her affairs. See ordinary diligence under DILIGENCE."The texts distinguish two standards of diligence, a higher and a lower. The higher is the diligence which the good father of a family habitually exhibits in his own affairs (diligentia exacta or exactissima - diligentia boni patrishamilias). The lower is

droit de suite

n. [French "right to follow"] A creditor's right to recover a debtor's property after it passes to a third party.

exoneration, suit for

See SUIT FOR EXONERATION.

fresh pursuit.

1. The right of a police officer to make a warrantless search of a fleeing suspect or to cross jurisdictional lines to arrest a fleeing suspect. 2. The right of a person to use reasonable force to retake property that has just been taken. - Also termed hot pursuit.