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 |
|---|---|---|
| Goonda | Scoundrel. A dangerous and desperate person. [AIR 1960 Punj 332.] | 642 |
| Sapindana | Performed on the first anniversary after a person’s death, in which the deceased is associated with... | 642 |
| Sarrishtah-i-Amanat | In Bengal under the Mohammadan and early British rule, an office for the examination and adjustment of... | 642 |
| Panjabi | A long, full-handed loose dress for man. The language of the Punjab. It is of Sanskrit origin and... | 641 |
| Hartal | Hartal is means of protest by the people at large or by a group of a particular class of society. It... | 641 |
| Rajaput | A prince, the son of a Raja. | 640 |
| Amdani | Products of the earth, articles of merchandise; generally arriving at market in their fit season, also... | 640 |
| Saiyd | A lord; the designation of the descendants of Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet. There are Sunni as... | 640 |
| Mahr-nama or Mahr-nameh | A deed of dower or settlement; the document in which it is specified. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 640 |
| Mubarat | Separation by mutual consent. Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent, putting away a wife, dissolving... | 640 |