Glossary
The CLC’s Glossary is included to give the plain English meaning of some expressions which are greatly influenced by Arabic, Farsi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Hindi and Portuguese languages and that are frequently exercised in the legal text books, private and public documents in Bangladesh; though few of them are defined in statutes or case laws, yet possess considerable theoretical and legal interest. Besides, in practice of laws, many words and phrases are not always clear in meaning to the readers and thus create confusion and ambiguity especially in case of issues that involve land administration, legal history, private law (e.g. Muslim law, Hindu law) etc. These words and phrases, acquired quasi-technical meaning in law, are employed and referred by both the Courts and the jurists alike.
Including foreign users, Bangladeshi readers and law practitioners will be benefited by having the meanings of the words with proper citations of decisions of Courts, different dictionaries, legal texts and defining by the legal experts of CLC team.
Glossary
| Title | Details | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| Pandhri | A tax on agriculture formerly levied in villages. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 530 |
| Raiyatwar | According to or with Raiyats, familiarly applied to the revenue settlement which was made by Government... | 529 |
| Sadar | A town. Chief, supreme, highest. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] Principal, chief; eminence,... | 528 |
| Nala | Nala means a natural water course. [1941 Pat 118=21 Pat LT 873] | 527 |
| Aila or ila | a vow; in Mohammadan law specially a vow to abstain from carnal knowledge of a wife for four months,... | 525 |
| Fatawa-i-Serajiah | “The highest authority on the law of inheritance amongst the Sunnis of India is the Sirajiyah, which... | 525 |
| Hakim | A sage, a physician. A Governor, a Judge, a Muhammadan magistrate, Commander, ruler, master. [P Ramanatha... | 523 |
| Lash, Laash, Lush | Dead body. | 523 |
| Amal-Guzar | A collector of revenue.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 521 |
| Gaddi | A pillow; but used as throne. The seat of sovereignty or chief ship; the state cushion or throne spoken... | 521 |