Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
vicarious
, adj. Performed or suffered by one person as substitute for another; indirect; surrogate.
vicarious disqualification
Disqualification of all the lawyers in a firm or in an office because one of the lawyers is ethically disqualified from representing the client at issue. - Also termed imputed disqualification"In general, disqualification of a lawyer from representation, at least in multiple client-conflict scenarios, means disqualification of that lawyer's entire firm from the same representation. When a lawyer has been exclusively or chiefly responsible for
vicarious infringement
See INFRINGEMENT.
vicarious liability
Liability that a supervisory party (such as an employer) bears for the actionable conduct of a subordinate or associate (such as an employee) because of the relationship between the two parties. See RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR. liability bond See BOND (2).