Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Devisable
adj. 1. Capable of being bequeathed by a will. 2. Capable of being invented. 3. Feigned.
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.
Replevisable
See REPLEVIABLE.
advisare
[law latin] to consult, deliberate, or consider. see curia advisari vult.
chevisance
[Law French] Hist. 1. A composition; an agreement between a creditor and a debtor. See COMPOSITION. 2. An unlawful or usurious contract; esp., a contract intended to evade the statutes prohibiting usury.
devisavit vel non
n. [Law Latin "he (or she) devises or not"] Hist. An issue directed from a chancery court to a court of law to determine the validity of a will that has been contested, as by an allegation of fraud or testamentary incapacity. See VEL NON.
visa
An official indorsement made out on a passport, showing that it has been examined and that the bearer is permitted to proceed; a recognition by the country in which a passport-holder wishes to travel that the holder's passport is valid. ( A visa. is generally required for the admission of aliens into the United States. 8 USCA ยงยง 1181, 1184. - Also termed (archaically) vise (vee-zay or vi-zay).