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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nadi | Common term for any river above the size of small stream. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 488 |
| Ail | Boundary of a plot of land.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 488 |
| Naik | see Nayak. | 487 |
| Hajat | Confinement of one charged with commission of offence. | 485 |
| Panchaitnama | The written award of a court of arbitration. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 484 |
| Mahaldar | An officer in charge of the revenue and police of a district. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 484 |
| Ihsan | In Mohammadan law, a person who is a free sane adult of chaste reputation, and of Mohammadan faith, and... | 483 |
| Sadaqah | A gift by a Mahomedan made with the object of acquiring religious merit. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 482 |
| Qabr | A grave, a tomb. | 481 |
| Haji | One who has performed the Haj. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 481 |