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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baki Dena | The expression ‘Baki Dena’ is a promise to pay the balance. | 420 |
| Rafanama | A deed of relinquishment. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 419 |
| Ghuslkhana | A bathing room; that part of a palace often considering of many elaborately ornamented chambers and passages,... | 419 |
| Dharamashala | The word Dharamashala indicates a place wherein certain section of the public have got a right of residence... | 418 |
| Ghair Hazir or Gor Hazir | Absent, not in attendance. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 418 |
| Chowdhury or Chaudhari | A rural nobleman; a land-officer in ancient time: sometimes having considerable influence; now applied... | 416 |
| Nakal | A copy, duplicate, a transcript of any document. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 415 |
| Bahadur | A hero, a warrior; atitle fo honour given to nobles under the Muhammadan Government, and now to distinguished... | 414 |
| Nikah Registrar | Nikah Registrar is neither a Government servant nor he is in the service of the Republic but he is a... | 413 |
| Dakhil-nakla | An additional or supplementary subordinate village, or sub-division of a Mauza. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 413 |