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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nikah Registrar | Nikah Registrar is neither a Government servant nor he is in the service of the Republic but he is a... | 770 |
| Qazi’l quzat | See Kazi-ul-kuzzat. | 770 |
| Hadd | Punishment, Chastisement, especially by infection of lashes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 770 |
| Sadr | The sum total of revenue payable to the government direct exclusive of charges of collection. [Wilson’s... | 770 |
| Hakdar | One who possesses a hak, one entitled to a share. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 770 |
| Madrasa | A College, an academy. [Wilson’s Glossary] A place for reading, a school. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 769 |
| Fasid | Invalid, Irregular. A muslim marriage contracted without witness is fasid, that is, irregular, but not... | 766 |
| Idgah | A platform, sometimes screened or enclosed by a brick wall, where Mahomedans assemble for occasional... | 765 |
| Gaddi | A pillow; but used as throne. The seat of sovereignty or chief ship; the state cushion or throne spoken... | 761 |
| Fatawa | A collection or digest of judicial of judicial decisions. The best known is the fatawa Alamgiri, complied... | 759 |