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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asthal | Place of residence or abiding , especially the kind of free monastery in which communities of religious... | 673 |
| Bhora or Bhogdar | One in the possession or enjoyment of any property. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 672 |
| Amaldari | Management, administration, collection of revenue. The office of Amaldar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 672 |
| Sandhya | Either of the three principal periods of the day, sunrise, noon, sunset; also the religious worship appropriately... | 672 |
| Sati | A faithful, virtuous wife; especially one who burns herself with the corpse of her husband. [P Ramanatha... | 671 |
| Shajja | A wound, a personal injury short of destroying life; wound of ten kinds are recognized by Mohammadan... | 671 |
| Subahdarry abwab | The imposts or cesses of the Subahdah or viceroy. Viceroyal imposts of Jaffier Khan, Soujah Khan, Aliverdi... | 669 |
| Sharh-i-vikayah | A work on Muhammadan Law. “The Vikayah which was written in the seventh century of the Hijrah, by Burhanash-Shariyat... | 669 |
| Haram | Sacred, forbidden, closed to promiscuous access; hence applied to female connection or relative; a concubine;... | 668 |
| Kharij Jama | The word imports that the owner of the Kharil jama is an independent proprietor. [AIR 1926 Pat 152] | 667 |