Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Nee veniam effuso sanguine casus habet

Where blood has been spilled, the case is unpardonable.

Nee veniam, laeso numine, casus habet

Where the Divinity has been insulted, the case is unpardonable.

Nemo prudens punit ut praeterita revocentur, sed ut futura praeveniantur

No one who is wise gives punishment so that past deeds may be revoked, but so that future deeds may be prevented.

Non facias malum ut inde veniat bonum

You are not to do evil that good may come of it

Poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat

Let punishment be inflicted on a few, dread upon all.

Principalis debet semper excuti antequam perveniatur ad fideijussores

The principal should always be exhausted before resorting to the sureties.

Ut poena ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat

So that punishment afflict few, (and) fear affect all.( Blackstone cites Cicero (pro Cluentio 46) emphasizing deterrence. 4 Bl. Com. 11.

Veniae facilitas incentivum est delinquendi

Ease of winning pardon is an incentive to committing crime.

Vitium est quod fugi debet, ne, si rationem non invenias, mox legem sine ratione esse clames

It is a fault that ought to be avoided, that if you do not discover the reason, you quickly exclaim that the law is without reason.

venia

, n. [Latin] Hist. 1. A penitent's kneeling or assuming a prostrate posi-tion on the ground. 2. A pardon. 3. The granting of a privilege.

venia aetatis

. Roman & civil law. A privilege granted by a prince or sovereign by virtue of which an underage person is entitled to act as if he or she were of full age.

venial

, adj. (Of a transgression) forgivable; pardonable.