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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kafir | An unbeliever, one who does not accept the teaching of Mohammad. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 854 |
| Dakhil | Entrance, taking possession, entry of an item, in a deed or register, a receipt for money, annexation... | 853 |
| Hakdar | One who possesses a hak, one entitled to a share. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 852 |
| Ijara | A lease or farm of land revenue other proprietary right as distinguished from patta or lease of land... | 852 |
| Panchaiti | A court of arbitration; the award of such a court. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 850 |
| Hadd | Punishment, Chastisement, especially by infection of lashes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 850 |
| Faraiz | The legal knowledge of dividing inheritance according to the Muhammadan law. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 847 |
| Gaddi | A pillow; but used as throne. The seat of sovereignty or chief ship; the state cushion or throne spoken... | 846 |
| Sadar | A town. Chief, supreme, highest. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] Principal, chief; eminence,... | 843 |
| Diwani | The civil administration, office of Diwan, as opposed to the Nizamat or Foujdari, the military and criminal... | 841 |