Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

In pretio emptionis et venditionis naturaliter licet contrahentibus se circumvenire.

In setting the price for buying and selling, it is naturally allowed to the contracting parties to get the better of each other.

Minor ante tempus agere non potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire

A minor before majority cannot act in a case of property, nor even agree.

Nemo contra factum suum (proprium) venire potent

No one can contradict his own deed. 2 Co. Inst. 66.

Semper qui non prohibet pro se intervenire mandare creditur

A person who does not prohibit the intervention of another in his behalf is always believed to authorize it.

venire

1. A panel of persons who have been selected for jury duty and from among whom the jurors are to be chosen. - Also termed array; jury panel; jury pool. 2. VENIRE FACIAS.

venire de novo

See venire facias de novo under VENIRE FACIAS.

venire facias

A writ directing a sheriff to assemble a jury. - Often shortened to venire. - Also termed venire facias juratores (juura-tor-eez).

venire facias ad respondendum

A writ requiring a sheriff to summon a person against whom an indictment for a misdemeanor has been issued. 0 A warrant is now more commonly used.

venire facias de novo

See VENIRE FACMS.

venire facias tot matronas

A writ requiring a sheriff to summon a jury of matrons to execute a writ de ventre inspiciendo. See DE VENTRE INSPICIENDO.

veniremember

A prospective juror; a member of a jury panel. - Also termed venireman;

venireperson; talesman.

See TALESMAN.