Bucket 92 — Legal & Administrative Fine Print

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Codicil

• Urdu: وصیت میں اضافی شق
• Meaning: an addition or supplement to a will
• Synonyms: amendment, supplement
• Antonyms: deletion
• ✍️ Use: The lawyer prepared a codicil to update the client's will.
• 🧠 Hook: A code added to final wishes.

Indict

• Urdu: فوجداری الزام عائد کرنا
• Meaning: to formally accuse or charge someone with a crime
• Synonyms: charge, accuse
• Antonyms: acquit, exonerate
• ✍️ Use: The prosecutor decided to indict the suspect on multiple charges.
• 🧠 Hook: A formal charge in court.

Lien

• Urdu: قرض کی ادائیگی تک جائیداد پر حق
• Meaning: a legal right to retain property until a debt is paid
• Synonyms: claim, security interest
• Antonyms: release, discharge
• ✍️ Use: The bank placed a lien on the property until the loan was settled.
• 🧠 Hook: You lean on the property until payment.

Statute

• Urdu: تحریری قانون
• Meaning: a written law passed by a legislature
• Synonyms: law, enactment
• Antonyms: repeal, lawlessness
• ✍️ Use: The statute requires all public bodies to disclose the information.
• 🧠 Hook: A law fixed in writing.

Tort

• Urdu: دیوانی نقصان کا قانونی فعل
• Meaning: a wrongful act that creates civil legal liability
• Synonyms: civil wrong, offense
• Antonyms: lawful act
• ✍️ Use: The claimant filed a tort action seeking compensation for negligence.
• 🧠 Hook: A civil wrong causing liability.