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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asami | A person who is charged with a crime. A debtor or a defendant, or an acquised (in a law civil suit). | 569 |
| Mohammadanism | Mohammadanism is the religion of those who acknowledge Mohammad to be the true prophet. [P Ramanatha... | 569 |
| Sanadi-zamindar | A zamindar appointed under a royal patent, on default of heirs, to succeed to another zamindar, or on... | 570 |
| Ijmali | Held in common (as an estate) undivided, not partitioned, settled in common with two or more parties.... | 570 |
| Karz | Debt; In Mohammadan law, besides the general sense, it implies a loan to be repaid by something dissimilar,... | 571 |
| Pathan | This name a s used in India includes all the natives of the country commonly called Afganistan, and also... | 571 |
| Budmash | A scoundrel; a blackguard; a rude fellow. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 571 |
| Hissa | A share, a part; a lot, a portion; a share of revenue or rent. [Wilson’s glossary] | 571 |
| Sangam | Meeting, the confluence of two rivers. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 571 |
| Sar-kanungo | A chief kanungo, the provincial or district registrar and accountant. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 571 |