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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sati | A faithful, virtuous wife; especially one who burns herself with the corpse of her husband. [P Ramanatha... | 607 |
| Kharij-Nama | A deed of separation or division , a deed for the partition of a joint estate, or for the separation... | 605 |
| Amal-dastak | Deed of conveyance, any document giving possession of property; warrant or authority to collect the rents... | 605 |
| Sandhya | Either of the three principal periods of the day, sunrise, noon, sunset; also the religious worship appropriately... | 605 |
| Sar-rishta | A record, register, office employment; an office of registry or record; it is sometimes but inaccurately,... | 605 |
| Shaikh | An old man, especially, one who has authority and respect; an elder, a chief; a title given to various... | 604 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 603 |
| Aul or Aol | Increase. In Mohammedan law, the distribution of a fractional proportion of inherited property more than... | 603 |
| Moofty | The Mohammadan law officer who declares the sentence. [cited by P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 603 |
| Sheristadar | Keeper of records; highest ministerial officer of the court. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 603 |