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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barat, Burat | A record, a register, a diploma, a warrant, a commission, an assignment or order on the revenue. In the... | 303 |
| Hanafi or Hanefi | The first of four Sunni schools that was founded Abu Hanifa. It is the most conservative of all, and... | 303 |
| Ishtihar | Notice, public notice, proclamation, advertisement.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 303 |
| Smriti | The body of the recorded or remembered law, the ceremonial and legal institutes of the Hindus. [Wilson’s... | 302 |
| Sapinda | A kinsman connected by offerings of balls of rice or of meat to common ancestors; the affinity extends... | 302 |
| Amal-patta | A deed appointing an agent or manager; a warrant authorizing a person to collect the rents of an estate.... | 301 |
| Sanad | A deed of grant, a patent, a charter or written authority for holding either land or office. [Macnaughten’s... | 301 |
| Batai-dar | a cultivator who shares the crop with proprietor. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 300 |
| Aputra | Without son; (in Hindu Law) a man who has no son, who has never had, or who has lost an only son, and... | 300 |
| Hissadar | A share-holder, a co-parcencer, one who pays his share of the revenue to the state or to a zamindar.[P... | 300 |