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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hundi Darsani | A bill of exchange payable at sight. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 423 |
| Mazduri | Labour. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 423 |
| Munshiana | The practice of Munshiana at the Lahore bar is that a litigant pays counsel for his clerk, or pays to... | 424 |
| Karbala | The meeting place of the taziahs at the Muharram festival, so called after Karbala, in Turkish, Arabia,... | 424 |
| Panjabi | A long, full-handed loose dress for man. The language of the Punjab. It is of Sanskrit origin and... | 424 |
| Aurasa | Uterine, as a son by a wife. A maternal brother, or a son of the same mother.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 424 |
| Artha | Money. | 424 |
| Arz-i marammat | A petition to amend or amplify a preceding petition or complaint. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 424 |
| Saptapadi | An essential part of a Hindu marriage being the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride... | 424 |
| Iwaz-nama | Deed of exchange. | 424 |