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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sawar | A horseman, a horse-soldier; a mounted police-man; and particularly a mounted attendant or messenger... | 294 |
| Moofty | The Mohammadan law officer who declares the sentence. [cited by P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 294 |
| Musalman | A believer, a Mohammad. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 293 |
| Nazarana | Consent money or premium, e.g., for grant or renewal of a lease. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 293 |
| Stridharma | The duty of a wife or of a woman in general. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 293 |
| Sud | Interest or profit. Interest, profit, usury; an extra tax exacted from the cultivators in Bengal under... | 293 |
| Bhag | A share, a part, a portion, a share in kind; tax, duty, the share of the Government. Share or portion... | 293 |
| Aulia | In law the nearest of kin, and therefore entitled to demand the fine of blood, or communication for murder.... | 293 |
| Salawore, salware | Frock. | 293 |
| Hundi | A bill of exchange. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon&Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 293 |