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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ambala | A place or shed where public affairs are discussed.[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 479 |
| Sangam | Meeting, the confluence of two rivers. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 479 |
| Sawar | A horseman, a horse-soldier; a mounted police-man; and particularly a mounted attendant or messenger... | 479 |
| Sthan | Place, sir, station, an open place in town, also the residence of a religious mendicant; also a staying,... | 480 |
| Pautra | A grandson, a granddaughter, the son or daughter of a son. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 480 |
| Sahodari | A sister by the same mother. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 480 |
| Patwari | The village registrar and accountant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 481 |
| Pir | A Mohammadan saint; a spiritual guide. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 481 |
| Amanat-nama | A deed of trust or deposit, a document conveying anything in trust. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 481 |
| Aputra | Without son; (in Hindu Law) a man who has no son, who has never had, or who has lost an only son, and... | 481 |