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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kifayat | Surplus, profit, advantage; profit or increase in the amount of revenue received by the Government, whether... | 499 |
| Patni | A heritable tenure directly under the zamindar. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A patni... | 499 |
| Budmash | A scoundrel; a blackguard; a rude fellow. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 499 |
| Sanad | A deed of grant, a patent, a charter or written authority for holding either land or office. [Macnaughten’s... | 499 |
| Mohr or Muhur | A seal, a seal ring. A gold coin of the value generally of fifteen rupees. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 499 |
| Sisya | There is clear distinction between a chela and sisya. A chela is a personal attendant who may be raised... | 498 |
| Shara | The law, the precepts of the Koran. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 498 |
| Sipoy | A soldier. | 497 |
| Subahdar | The Governor of a province or district; a Viceroy. Subahdar is also the name of an officer in the native... | 497 |
| Mufti | A Mohammadan law officer, whose duty it was to expound the laws which the Kazi was to execute; the later... | 497 |