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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hakk | True; a just or legal right or claim. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A just claim, right,... | 284 |
| Inaam-patta | A deed of grant, a document conveying an assignment of rent-free land. [Wilson’s glossary] | 284 |
| Miras | Inheritance or heritability; property or right obtained by inheritance; ancestral tenure or tenancy.... | 284 |
| Mohammadan Law | The personal law of the Mohammadans that is administered to them. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 284 |
| Jami | Land. | 284 |
| Mukhasadar | The holder of a village, or of lands at a quit rent or rent free on condition of service. [Wilson’s... | 284 |
| Shikdari | The office of the revenue collector termed Shikdar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 284 |
| Karbala | The meeting place of the taziahs at the Muharram festival, so called after Karbala, in Turkish, Arabia,... | 285 |
| Subahdar | The Governor of a province or district; a Viceroy. Subahdar is also the name of an officer in the native... | 285 |
| Bhara | Hire, wages rent, recompose. In Bengal it is especially the hire of any inanimate thing, and therefore... | 285 |