Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Currit tempus contra desides et sui juris contemptores

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

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.

homo Romanus (ra-may-nas). A Roman. ( A term used in Germanic law codes to describe the Roman inhabitants of Gaul and other former Roman provinces. homo sui juris

See PATERFAMILIAS.

non sui juris

adj. [Latin "not of one's own right"] Lacking legal age or capacity. Cf. SUI JURIS.

sui juris

See patria potestas under :'OTFRTAS.