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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nazim | The chief officer of a province. A viceroy or Governor. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 278 |
| Sufi | Wise; the name of a sect who outwardly conform to Islam, but have adopted a mystical pantheism resembling... | 278 |
| Amaldar | A manager, an agent, a governor of a district, a collector of revenue. A officer appointed to collect... | 278 |
| Ghazi | One who takes part in ghazu, which originally meant a plundering raid, but in the time of Muhammad came... | 278 |
| Sali | Low land; paddy land; a measure for grain containing 20 seers. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 278 |
| Mandir | A house, a place; and especially a temple. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 278 |
| Iwaz | Exchange, consideration. | 278 |
| Iwaz-nama | Deed of exchange. | 278 |
| Jihad | Mutual effort, a general effort such as Mohammadan preached to exterminate unbelievers; a holy war, a... | 278 |
| Munsif | A justice; an arbitrator, a judge. Under the British Government the term is applied to the native Judge... | 279 |