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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nika, Nikah | Marriage; a Muhammadan marriage with a widow. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] In the language... | 313 |
| Akr | In Mohammadan law, a marriage portion or dower; also one to be settled on the female slave termed Mukatiba,... | 313 |
| Jama-Masjid | The principal mosque or Mohammadan place of prayer in a city.[Wilson’s glossary] | 313 |
| Amal-sanad | Payment of the revenue by a division of the crop, or in kind; applied also to a village where the revenue... | 312 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 311 |
| Santan | Offspring, descendants, issues. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] The word ‘Santan’ as... | 311 |
| Sarasari | The word connotes the idea of a temporary settlement; but along with the word ‘bemiadi’, it means... | 310 |
| Arz | Petition, representation. In Mahommadan law personal property except money. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 309 |
| Asami | A person who is charged with a crime. A debtor or a defendant, or an acquised (in a law civil suit). | 309 |
| Aul or Aol | Increase. In Mohammedan law, the distribution of a fractional proportion of inherited property more than... | 309 |