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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mukarrari-dar | The occupant of a form or estate paying a fixed and permanent rate of rent or revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 384 |
| Sufi | Wise; the name of a sect who outwardly conform to Islam, but have adopted a mystical pantheism resembling... | 385 |
| Raj | Government, sovereignty. A kingdom. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 385 |
| Gram | Village. | 385 |
| Sama-veda | One of the four Vedas- the primary source of all Hindu Codes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 385 |
| Muhallal | Lawful, made lawful, that which was not so before; as in law, a woman who having been divorced is married... | 385 |
| Munshi | A writer, a secretary. The word is very commonly used among Europeans to denote a teacher of Arabic,... | 385 |
| Kharach | Expenditure, disbursement, the debit side of an account paper.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 386 |
| Rasmi | Usual, customary. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 386 |
| Ashar | A Bangla calendar month. | 386 |