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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rasi | A rope; a distance of about 80 cubits; a heap of grain or other things. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 542 |
| Jihad | Mutual effort, a general effort such as Mohammadan preached to exterminate unbelievers; a holy war, a... | 542 |
| Kotwal | A chief Officer of Police in a City or Town. Under the native Governments the Kotwal sometimes exercised... | 543 |
| Panja | The hand with the fingers, extended; a representation of the same mounted on a staff and carried in procession... | 544 |
| Patti | A share or division of land, village or estate. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 544 |
| Salawore, salware | Frock. | 544 |
| Saraswati | The goddess of letters and arts; the name of a river, commonly, Saraswati or Sursootee. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 544 |
| Shikdari | The office of the revenue collector termed Shikdar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 544 |
| Sowar | Horseman. | 545 |
| Amin | A revenue surveyor, land measurer, etc. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 545 |