Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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

Backpay award.

a judicial or quasi judicial body's decision that an employee or ex-employee is entitled to accrued but uncollected wages or benefits. - sometimes shortened to backpay.

black ward.

Hist. A subvassal; a vassal of thi king's vassal.

hayward.

Hist. 1. An officer of a town or manor responsible for maintaining fences and hedges, esp. to prevent cattle from breaking through to an enclosed pasture. 2. A cattle herdsman.

no award.

In an action to enforce an award, the defendant's plea denying that an award was made.

seward.

See CUSTOS MARIS.

ward.

1. A person, usu. a minor, who is under a guardian's charge or protection. See GUARDIAN.