pointation

English

Etymology

From point +‎ -ation.

Noun

pointation (plural pointations)

(South Asia, chiefly Pakistan, law, criminology) Information from an individual that leads to the arrest of a suspect or otherwise helps solve a crime.
- 1971, The All Pakistan Legal Decisions:
  The conviction of appellant Ali Akber rests on the circumstantial evidence of Mst. Namoi and her husband Gulab alias Motan, the judicial confession and his pointation of the place from where the dead body was dug up.
- 1994, The All Pakistan Legal Decisions:
  Pertinent among these pointations is that in the presence of this witness, accused Habib Khan led the police party to the place where he had concealed the blood-stained 'Pesh Qabz'in a bush and the same was taken out at his pointedness which was taken into possession by the I.O. in his presence and was also sealed by the I.Ο. in his presence.
- 1998, Accountability File, 1996-1997: A Selection of Clippings:
  On the pointation of the accused, police raided the house of Ali Gul Shah in Qasimabad near Ali Palace where they found a stolen car (S-0296) belonging to a doctor and was lifted from Gulfishan Marriage Garden, Latifabad.
- 2003, Muftī Muḥammad Rafīʻ ʻUs̲mānī, Jihad in Afghanistan Against Cummunism [sic]:
  On his pointation and with the help of the papers, two others were arrested from Mawlana Arsalan Rahmani's centre.
- 2003, Pakistan Labour Cases:
  […] the following arms/ammunitions were recovered at the pointation of the appellant: (i) One (1) Rocket Launcher Gun. (ii) One (1) G-3 PLC (Service)
(South Asia, chiefly Pakistan, rare) Suggestion or order.
- 1985 06, Sind (Pakistan). Provincial Assembly, Debates: official report-Provincial Assembly of Sind:
  […] I, therefore would like to re-consider my earlier and return to the status on the pointation of the Minister.
- 1993, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers: The States: Hyderabad, Jammu, and Kashmir:
  Karamat Ali was hired on the pointation of Quaid-i-Azam himself, and his fee of Rs. 1,000 paid in advance.
- 2004 11, Pakistan & Gulf Economist:
  On the pointation of local government, efforts are being made to set up more centers in other parts of the country where illegal immigrants were found.