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 |
|---|---|---|
| Karta | A coparcener who manages the family property either under an express or implied authority of other coparceners... | 675 |
| Amin daftar | An office in which the accounts of Amins were audited; the recorded or registered accounts.[Wilson’s... | 675 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 677 |
| Parda | A veil, a screen, a curtain, especially one which excludes the woman of a family from the gaze of men.... | 678 |
| Matabar, Matabbar | A headman in village, local leader. | 678 |
| Sijdah | Adoration, prostration, an attitude in prayer. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 679 |
| Batali | A sharp cutting weapon used by carpenters.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 680 |
| Amaldar | A manager, an agent, a governor of a district, a collector of revenue. A officer appointed to collect... | 680 |
| Hal Hasila | A tenant holding when the rent is according to the crop obtained (hasil) at each harvest (hal, now, for... | 680 |
| Shaikh | An old man, especially, one who has authority and respect; an elder, a chief; a title given to various... | 680 |