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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mahr | A marriage settlement of property on the wife; it is a necessary concomitant of a contract of marriage... | 318 |
| Khala | Dissolution of the marriage at the suit of the wife, in which she agrees to make her husband compensation... | 317 |
| Alaga Bhumi | Waste land, land set apart for pasture. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 317 |
| Anjali | A respectful mode of salutation. As much grain as can be held by the two hands put together. A handful... | 317 |
| Malik | A proprietor, an owner, a lord, a cultivator possessing hereditary rights, also a landlord, a Zamindar.... | 317 |
| Imambara or Imambarah | A building in which the festival of the Moharram is celebrated and services in commemoration of the deaths... | 317 |
| Barga | An agreement by which the cultivator engages to pay the landlord half the produce, the latter providing... | 316 |
| Satan | See Saytan. | 316 |
| Sri Rama | One of the Avathars of Vishnu; Rama whose name in this form is also used as a term of salutation between... | 315 |
| Bhora or Bhogdar | One in the possession or enjoyment of any property. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 315 |