Note from the author: “As an erstwhile burger vakeel (lawyer), eager to join the lively katchery (district courts) scene, I can relate to the frustration faced by other in the clan, trying to make sense of the Farsi-Urdu legal terms. Poring over the lughats (urdu dictionaries) lead to more frustration. So, wanting to share whatever I have learnt over the years, I present my very own compilation of commonly used legal terms.” – via natalyakamal.wordpress.com
| Legal Term | Urdu | Roman Urdu |
| D | ||
| Daily diary | روزنامچہ | roznamcha |
| Damages | ہرجانہ | harjaana |
| Deceased | متوفی | mutawwafi |
| Declaration | دعوی استقرارِ حق | daawa-e-istakrar-e-haq |
| Defamation | ہتک عزت | Hattak-e-izzat |
| Defection | انحراف | inhiraf |
| Defendant | مدعاعلیہ | mudaa alaih |
| Defendants | مدعاعليھم | mudaa alaihum |
| Delimitation of constituencies | حلقہ ہائے انتخابی حد بندی | halqa hai intikhabi had bandi |
| Discovery & inspection of documents | دستاویز کے انکشافات و معائنہ | dastawaiz ke inkifishaat o muaina |
| Discretion | صوابدید | sawabdeed |
| Disputed | متدعويہ | muttadawiya |
| Dissolution of marriage | تنسیخ نکاح | tanseekh-e-nikah |
| Divorce | طلاق | talaq |
| Delegated right of divorce | طلاق تفویض | talaq-e-tafweez |
| Doctrine of Laches | نظریہ غفلت/ تاخیر | nazriya-e-ghaflat/takhir |
| Documentary evidence | دستاویزی شہادت | dastawaizi shahadat |
| Dower | حق مھر | haq mehr |
| Deferred dower | مھر موجل | mehr mowajjal |
| Prompt dower | مھر معجل | mehr moaajjal |
| Customary dower | مھر مثل | mehr misal |
| Due process | واجب عمل | wajib amal |
| Duress | اکراہ | ikrah |
