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 |
|---|---|---|
| Razinamah | A deed of agreement of compromise; a written petition withdrawing a charge or plaint; a deed of relinquishment... | 461 |
| Saiyed | See said and saiyd. | 461 |
| Hindi | An Indian vernacular language; the language spoken by far the largest portion of the population in Northern... | 461 |
| Inaam-patta | A deed of grant, a document conveying an assignment of rent-free land. [Wilson’s glossary] | 461 |
| Istihsan | Approving in law a favourable construction or interpretation of a point of law, deviating from the strict... | 461 |
| Shikdari | The office of the revenue collector termed Shikdar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 461 |
| Sowar | Horseman. | 462 |
| Nishkar | Rent-free land. [41 DLR (1989) 359] | 462 |
| Pirmushid | An aged instructor. A family priest. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 462 |
| Budrukh | This is a Persian word signifying great or venerable. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 462 |