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

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RehanMortgage, pledge, pawn. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]260
RiayatiA favoured tenant or cultivator, one to whom remission or abatement of rent has been granted. [Wilson’s...260
Hissab NamehA deed of partition.260
MuhalliOne who makes lawful that was illegal; a man who marries a divorce her when she may be legally remarried...260
PattiA share or division of land, village or estate. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]261
RajabThe seventh moth of the Mohammadan year. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]261
Rajahsee Raja.261
AmirA nobleman, a Mohammadan of high rank. [Wilson’s Glossary]261
RiniA debtor, a borrower. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]261
SankhaA great Hindu Sage and writer of an important Smriti that bears his name. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The...261