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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dakhildar | An occupant, either in his own right, or as a manager or trustee. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 574 |
| Sunni | A sect amongst Mahomedans. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A follower of sunnah; the name... | 572 |
| Parwana, parwanah | An order, a command, a warrant by a person in authority; a permission or pass. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 572 |
| Baitakkhana | Baitakkhana means a house or part of a house used for sitting or as reception-room, where entertainments... | 571 |
| Sunnah | Traditional law, the name of a compilation of the sayings and practices of Muhammad, made about a hundred... | 571 |
| Kaji | A judge under the Mohammadan law.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 571 |
| Chowdhury or Chaudhari | A rural nobleman; a land-officer in ancient time: sometimes having considerable influence; now applied... | 570 |
| Bairagi | One who withdrawn from worldly affairs. [AIR 1923 Pat 309] | 568 |
| Pucca-Adatiya | Pucca Adatiya is a person who has been entrusted with the goods of his principal to dispose of the best... | 568 |
| Shufa, Shufah, Shuffa | Any possession coveted; in Mohammadan law, the right of pre-emption vested in partners, coparceners and... | 567 |