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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sthan | Place, sir, station, an open place in town, also the residence of a religious mendicant; also a staying,... | 573 |
| Salisnama | An agreement to refer to arbitration. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as an award. [AIR 1950... | 573 |
| Hissadar | A share-holder, a co-parcencer, one who pays his share of the revenue to the state or to a zamindar.[P... | 573 |
| Mehmany | What related to guest; hospitality. Allowance for entertaining pilgrims, travelers and strangers in general.... | 573 |
| Khankah | A Mohammadan shrine. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 572 |
| Khiraz | Revenue raised from the land. It means the amount claimed by the State as its share of the profits arising... | 572 |
| Panjabi | A long, full-handed loose dress for man. The language of the Punjab. It is of Sanskrit origin and... | 572 |
| Batwar | A customs or police-officer stationed on road to collect transit duties. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 572 |
| Karz | Debt; In Mohammadan law, besides the general sense, it implies a loan to be repaid by something dissimilar,... | 571 |
| Pathan | This name a s used in India includes all the natives of the country commonly called Afganistan, and also... | 571 |