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 |
|---|---|---|
| Koran | The sacred book of the Mohammadans, and considered by them to be the fountain head of all science, knowledge... | 446 |
| Krishi | Agriculture. | 446 |
| Bigha | a measure of land, varying in extent in different parts of India. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 446 |
| Raj | Government, sovereignty. A kingdom. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 446 |
| Sali | Low land; paddy land; a measure for grain containing 20 seers. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 446 |
| Hissa-raiyati | The ryot’s share of the produce. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 446 |
| Marsiah | An elegy; especially one recounting the circumstances of the death of Hussain, the third Imam. [P Ramanatha... | 446 |
| Imam | A head or chief in religious matters, whether he be the head of all Mohammadans, as the Khalif, or the... | 446 |
| Muhallal | Lawful, made lawful, that which was not so before; as in law, a woman who having been divorced is married... | 447 |
| Kayastha | A caste so termed, or a a member or it, sprung from a kshatriya father and Vaisya mother the occupation... | 448 |