Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
area variance.
A variance that permits deviation from zoning requirements about construction and placement, but not from requirements about use.
fatal variance.
A variance that either deprives the defendant of fair notice of the charges or exposes the defendant to the risk of double jeopardy. 0 Such a variance is grounds for reversing a conviction.
immaterial variance.
A variance that is too slight to mislead or prejudice the defendant, and is thus harmless error. 2. A license or official authorization to depart from a zoning law. - Also termed (in sense 2) zoning variance. Cf. SPECIAL EXCEPTION (2); SPECIAL-USE PERMIT.
use variance.
A variance that permits deviation from zoning requirements about use.
variance.
1. A difference or disparity between two statements or documents that ought to agree; esp., in criminal procedure, a difference between the allegations in a charging instrument and the proof actually introduced at trial. - Also termed variation.