Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Argumentum a divisione est fortissimum in jure

An argument based on a subdivision of the subject is most powerful in law.

Arma vis

n. [latin] armed force. Armaria. See almaria.

Assisa panis et cerevisiae

n. [law latin "assize of bread and ale"] h:st. A statute passed in the 51st year of the reign of henry iii, regulating the sale of bread and ale. - also termed statute of bread and ale.

Attachment. 1. The seizing of a person's property to secure a judgment or to be sold in satisfaction of a judgment. - also termed (in civil law) provisional seizure. Cf. Garnishment; sequestration (1)

Bad-boy provision

securities. A statutory or regulatory clause in a blue-sky law stating that certain persons, because of their past conduct, are not entitled to any type of exemption from registering their securities. ( such clauses typically prohibit issuers, officers, directors, control persons, or broker-dealers from being involved in a limited offering if they have been the subject of an adverse proceeding concerning securities, commodities, or postal fraud.

Benefice de division

[french] benefit of divi. Sion.

Cessa regnare, si non vis judicare

Cease to reign if you wish not to adjudicate.

Contra legem facit qui id facit quod lex prohibit; in fraudem vero qui, salvis verbis legis, sententiam ejus circumvenit

A person acts contrary to the law who does what the law prohibits; a person acts in fraud of the law who, without violating the wording, circumvents the intention. Dig. 1.3.29.

Contraceptivism

Hist. The criminal offense of distributing or prescribing contraceptives.

Council of Economic Advisors

A select group of economists who advise the U.S. President on economic issues. - Abbr. CEA.

Cujus est divisio, alterius est electio

When one of two parties has the division (of an estate), the other has the choice (of the shares). e In partition between coparceners, where the division is made by the eldest, the rule in English law is that she shall choose her share last.

Davis-Bacon Act

A federal law originally enacted in 1931 to regulate the minimum-wage rates payable to employees of federal publicworks projects. 40 USCA § 276a.

De nullo quod est sua natura indivisibile et divisionem non patitur nullam partem habebit vidua, sed satisfaciat ei ad valentiam

A widow shall have no part from that which in its own nature is indivisible and is not susceptible of division; but let (the heir) satisfy her with an equivalent.

Devisable

adj. 1. Capable of being bequeathed by a will. 2. Capable of being invented. 3. Feigned.

Deviser

One who invents or contrives <the deviser of these patents>.

Devisor

One who disposes of property (usu. real property) in a will.

Divisa

n. [fr. French diviser "to divide"] 1. A division, as of goods by a will; a devise. 2. A boundary of neighboring lands. 3. A court held on such a boundary to settle the tenants' disputes.

Divisim

[Law Latin] Hist. Severally separately.

Est autem vis legem simulans

Violence may also put on the mask of law.

Exchequer Division

Hist. A division of the English high court of justice, to which the business of the Court of Exchequer was specially assigned by section 34 of the Judicature Act of 1873, and later merged into the Queen's Bench Division in 1881.

Expositio quae ex visceribus causae nascitur, est aptissima et fortissima in lege

An exposition that springs from the vitals of a cause is the fittest and most powerful in law.

Family Division

English law. A section of the High Court that has jurisdiction over family matters such as divorce and custody and over uncontested probate matters.

Filius in utero matris est pars viscerum matris

A child in the mother's womb is part of the mother's vitals.

Glossa viperina est quae corrodit viscera textus

It is a poisonous gloss that gnaws away the vitals of the text.

In alternativis electio est debitoris

The debt or has the choice among alternatives.

In conjunctivis oportet utramque partem esse veram

In conjunctive constructions, each part must be true.

In disjunctivis sufficit alteram partem esse veram.

In disjunctive constructions, it is sufficient if either part is true.

In his enim quae sunt favorabilia animae, quamvis sunt damnosa rebus, fiat aliquando extentio statuti.

In things that are favorable to the spirit, though injurious to property, an extension of the statute should sometimes be made.

Independenter se habet assecuratio a viaggio navis.

The route insured is distinct from the voyage of the ship.

Indivisible

adj. Not separable into parts <an indivisible debt>.

Investment Advisors Act

A federal statute -administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission - that regulates investment advisers. 15 USCA §§ 80b-1 et seq.

Invisible

adj. Accounting. Not reported in a financial statement <invisible earnings>.

Ira furor brevis est

Anger is a short insanity.

Juramentum est indivisibile, et non est admittendum in parte verum et in parte falsum.

An oath is indivisible; it is not to be accepted as partly true and partly false.

Levis

adj. [Latin] Hist. Light; trifling.

Lex Romans Visigothorum

See BREVIARUM ALARICIANUM.

Lex non patitur fractiones et divisiones statuum

The law does not tolerate fractions and divisions of estates. 1 Coke 87a.

Librorum appellatione continentur omnia volumina, sive in charta, sive in membrana sint, sive in quavis alia material

Under the name of books are contained all volumes, whether upon paper, or on parchment, or on any other material.

Maxime paci sunt contraria vis et injuria

The greatest enemies to peace are force and wrong.

Naturae vis maxima; natura bis maxima

The force of nature is greatest; (and, as some say,) nature is doubly greatest. 2 Co. Inst. 564.

Nihil consensui tam contrarium est quam vis atque metus

Nothing is so opposite to consent as force and fear.

Noninterpretivism

n. In constitutional interpretation, the doctrine holding that judges are not confined to the Constitution's text or preratification history but may instead look to evolving social norms and values as the basis for constitutional judgments. - noninterpretivist, n. Cf. INTERPRETIVISM; ORIGINALISM.

Omne magis dignum trahit ad se minus dignum, quamvis minus dignum sit antiquius

Every worthier thing draws to it t lic~ less worth v, even if the less worthv is rnwancient.

Peccata contra naturam sunt gravissima

Offenses against nature are the most serious.

Positivism

The doctrine that all true knowledge is derived from observable phenomena, rather than speculation or reasoning. See LEGAL POSITIVISM; LOGICAL POSITIVISM; positivist jurisprudence under JURISPRUDENCE.

Positivistic

adj. Of or relating to legal positiv ism. See LEGAL POSITIVISM.

Primo executienda est verbi vis, ne sermonis vitio obstruatur oratio, sive lex sine argumentis

The force of a word is to be first examined, lest by the fault of diction the sentence be destroyed or the law be without arguments.

Processus legis est gravis vexatio; executio legis coronat opus

The process of the law is heavy hardship; the execution of the law crowns (or rewards) the work.

Proprietas totius navis carinae causam sequitur

The property of the whole ship follows the condition of the keel.

Prosecutio legis est gravis vexatio; executio legis coronat opus

Litigation is a heavy hardship, but execution of the law crowns (or rewards) the work.