Glossary - Chancery Law Chronicles

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.

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Guzara	The guzara is a sort of subordinate zamindari, or under proprietary tenure carved out in the estate,...	339
Hadd	Punishment, Chastisement, especially by infection of lashes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]	564
Haj	Pilgrimage; especially the pilgrimage to Mecca. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]	498
Haja	Destruction of crops by floods or heavy rain. [Wilson’s glossary]	458
Hajat	Confinement of one charged with commission of offence.	485
Haji	One who has performed the Haj. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]	481
Hajib-nuksan	In Mohammadan law, partial exclusion with respect to inheritance, or substitution of one share to another,...	575
Hajir	In law, annulment, disqualification; the invalidity of acts done by a minor, an idiot, a slave, or the...	504
Hak	See Hakk.	470
Hakdar	One who possesses a hak, one entitled to a share. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]	498