Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Auxilium vice comiti
n. [latin] hist. An ancient tax paid to sheriffs.
Base service
Hist. Work of an agricultural nature performed by a villein tenant in exchange for permission from the lord to hold the land. Cf. Knight service.
Civil Service Commission
A defunct federal board created in 1883 to ensure that civilservice employees are hired on the basis of merit rather than personal preference or political considerations. ( In 1978, the Commission's functions were split between the Office of Personnel Management and the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Device
1. An invention or contrivance; any result of design. 2. A scheme to trick or deceive; a stratagem or artifice, as in the law relating to fraud.
Diplomatic Security Service
A bureau of the U.S. Department of State having responsibility for protecting the Secretary of State and domestic and foreign dignitaries, as well as for investigating criminal activities such as identity-document fraud involving U.S. passports and visas. 0 The Service now employs some 800 special agents (members of the U.S. Foreign Service), who are located throughout the United States and in scores of embassies worldwide.
Ecclesia fungitur vice minoris; meliorem conditionem suam facere potest, deteriorem nequaquam
The church enjoys the privilege of a minor; it can make its own condition better but not worse.
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Labor law. An independent agency whose purpose is to prevent disruptions in the flow of interstate commerce caused by labor disputes through the use of mediation, conciliation, and voluntary arbitration. - Abbr. FMCS.
General Services Administration
The independent federal agency that manages the federal government's property and records. ( The General Services Administration supervises the construction and operation of buildings, procures and distributes supplies, disposes of surplus property, operates traffic and communications facilities, stores strategic and critical materials, manages automatic data processing systems, and supervises government document- and information-security programs. -Abbr. GSA.
Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents.
An international convention, convened on November 15, 1965, that dictates the formal and usu. complicated procedures for effecting service of process in a foreign country. ( More than 35 countries are parties to the convention, including the United States, which became a signatory on February 10, 1969.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
A U.S. Department of Justice agency that administers the Immigration and Nationality Act and operates the U.S. Border Patrol. - Abbr. INS.
Internal Revenue Service.
The branch of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for administering the Internal Revenue Code and providing taxpayer education. - Abbr. IRS.
Legal Services Corporation
A corporation established by the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974 (42 USCA § 2996) to provide legal help to clients who cannot afford legal services.
Legatus regis vice fungitur a quo destinatur, et honorandus est sicut ille cujus vicem gerit
An ambassador fills the place of the king by whom he is sent, and is to be honored as he is whose place he fills.
Mediation and Conciliation Service
A federal agency that tries to prevent the interruption of commerce resulting from labor disputes, by assisting parties in settling their disputes through mediation and conciliation. ( The agency can intervene on its own motion or on the motion of a party to the dispute. - Also termed Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. 29 USCA §§ 172, 173.
Moody's Investor's Service
An investment analysis and advisory service. - Often shortened to Moody's.
National Daily Quotation Service
See PINK SHEET.
Nonservice
The failure to serve a summons, warrant, or other process in a civil or criminal case.
Personae vice fungitur municipium et decuria
Towns and boroughs act in the role of persons.
Secret Service.
A federal law-enforcement agency - organized as a division of the Treasury Department - primarily responsible for preventing counterfeiting and protecting the President and other public officials
Selective Service System
An executive agency charged with maintaining records of all persons eligible for military service. - Abbr. SSS.
Service
vb. To provide service for; specif., to make interest payments on (a debt) <service the deficit>.
Servicemark
A name, phrase, or other device used to identify and distinguish the services of a certain provider. ( Servicemarks identify and afford protection to intangible things such as services, as distinguished from the protection already provided for marks affixed to tangible things such as goods and products. - Often shortened to mark. - Also spelled service mark; service-mark. Cf. TRADEMARK (1).
Technical Advice Memorandum
A publication issued by the national office of the IRS, usu. at a taxpayer's request, to explain some complex or novel tax-law issue. - Abbr. TAM.
Ultra posse non potest esse et vice versa
What is beyond possibility cannot exist, acid the reverse (what cannot exist is not possible).
Una persona vix potest supplere vices dziarum
One person can scarcely supply the place of two
Vicegerent
. A deputy; lieutenant
Viceregent
n. 1. A deputy regent; esp., one who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign. 2. More broadly, an officer deputed by a superior or by proper authority to exercise the powers of the higher authority; one with delegated power.
Viceroy
, n. The governor of a kingdom or colony, who rules as the deputy of a monarch. -viceroyal, viceregal, adj.
Volunteers in Service to America
. See VISTA.
action for the loss o f services
Hist. A husband's lawsuit against one who has taken away, imprisoned, or physically harmed his wife in circumstances in which (1) the act is wrongful to the wife, and (2) the husband is deprived of her society or services.
action for the loss of services.
See Action.
activity incident to service.
An act undertaken by a member of the armed forces as a part of a military operation or as a result of the actor's status as a member of the military. 0 For example, if a member of the military takes advantage of that status by flying home on a military aircraft, the flight is activity incident to service, and a claim against the government for any injuries received may be barred under the Feres doctrine. See FERES DOCTRINE.
actual service.
See PERSONA service.
admission pro hac vice
Temporary admission of an out-of-jurisdiction lawyer to practice before a court in a specified case or set of cases. See PRO HAC VICE.
advice
guidance offered by one person, esp. a lawyer, to another. see advice of counsel. 2. notice of the drawing of a draft for goods or services. see letter of advice. -advise (ad-viz), ub.
advice and consent
the right of the u.s. senate to participate in making treaties and appointing federal officers, provided by u.s. const. art ii, § 2. ( as to treaties, the senate's advice and consent generally includes senate involvement in the negotiation process, and the need for a two-thirds majority of the senate for ratification. as to public officers, the senate's advice and consent generally includes the right to vote on approval of an appointment.
advice of counsel
the guidance given by lawyers to their clients. 2. in a malicious-prosecution lawsuit, a defense requiring both a complete presentation of facts by the defendant to his or her attorney and honest compliance with the attorney's advice. 3. a defense in which a party seeks to avoid liability by claiming that he or she acted reasonably and in good faith on the attorney's advice. ( such a defense usu. requires waiver of the attorney-client privilege, and the attorney cannot have knowingly participated in implementing an illegal plan. "advice of counsel is a defense to a limited number of torts involving lack of probable cause, bad faith, or malice as an element of the cause of action. by far the most frequent cause of action against which the defense is asserted is malicious prosecution. the defense may also be asserted to avoid liability for punitive damages on the reasoning that good faith reliance on advice of counsel defeats the malice necessary to an award of punitive damages. in civil matters, the advice is typically obtained from the defendant's own attorney; when the underlying proceeding is criminal, the advice may be obtained from the district attorney's office or similar source and may take the form of action by that officer rather than advice followed by action by the defendant." 4 ann taylor schwing, california affirmative defenses § 41:26, at 82 (2d ed. 1996).
advice of credit
notice by an advising bank of the issuance of a letter of credit.
affidavit of service
An affidavit certifying the service of a notice, summons, writ, or process
appearance pro hac vice
(proh hak vi-see or proh hahk vee-chay). [latin] an appearance made by an out-of-state lawyer for one particular case, usu. by leave of court. 0 for more on the pronunciation of this term, see pro hac vice.
career vice-consul
A vice-consul who is a member of the Foreign Service. - Also termed vice-consul of career.
certificate of service
A section of a pleading or motion filed with the court, usu. contained separately on the last page, whereby the party filing the pleading or motion certifies to the court that a copy has been sent to the opposing party. ( A certificate of service is usu. not included with the initial pleading that the plaintiff files to begin a suit, because that pleading is usu. served with a formal summons, unless the defendant waives service. But other pleadings and motions filed in a suit are usu. required to have a certificate of service attached to them. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d).
civil service
See CIVIL SERVICE.
companionship services
Assistance provided to someone who needs help with personal matters such as bathing and dressing. ( This type of service (in contrast to housecleaning) is exempt from the Federal Labor Standards Act's minimum-wage and overtime requirements.
constructive service
See SERVICE (2).
credit service charge
See SERVICE CHARGE.
debt service
1. The funds needed to meet a long-term debt's annual interest expenses, principal payments, and sinking-fund contributions. 2. Payments due on a debt, including interest and principal.
distringas vice comitem
n. [Law Latin "you are to distrain the sheriff"] Hist. A distringas writ ordering the coroner to distrain the sheriff for not executing a writ of uenditioni exponas. See VENDITIONI EXPONAS.
divine service
1. Hist. A feudal tenure in which the tenants were obligated to perform special divine functions, such as singing at a certain number of masses or distributing a specified amount in alms. 2. A public worship service.
employee pro hac vice
See borrowed employee under EMPLOYEE.