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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sardaftar | Chief record office; chief accountant and registrar. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 293 |
| Mohr or Muhur | A seal, a seal ring. A gold coin of the value generally of fifteen rupees. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 293 |
| Sharh-i-vikayah | A work on Muhammadan Law. “The Vikayah which was written in the seventh century of the Hijrah, by Burhanash-Shariyat... | 293 |
| Karz | Debt; In Mohammadan law, besides the general sense, it implies a loan to be repaid by something dissimilar,... | 292 |
| Batwar | A customs or police-officer stationed on road to collect transit duties. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 292 |
| Parta | Land revenue rate. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 292 |
| Budrukh | This is a Persian word signifying great or venerable. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 292 |
| Sadr-diwani-adalat | The chief Civil Court under the East India Company. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 292 |
| Sandhya | Either of the three principal periods of the day, sunrise, noon, sunset; also the religious worship appropriately... | 292 |
| Kuzi-ul-kuzat | The principle Kazi under the British government, the head Mohammadan legal officer Sadr Adalats, or courts... | 291 |