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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haria | Haria is a land granted to the relations of persons killed in an affray between two villages, by the... | 306 |
| Hartal | Hartal is means of protest by the people at large or by a group of a particular class of society. It... | 307 |
| Muhazarat | In law suing any one in a court of law; also disposing of expected property, or property in reversion,... | 307 |
| Bismillah | The name of the formula “In the name of God the most merciful,” with which letters and public documents,... | 308 |
| Amal-dastak | Deed of conveyance, any document giving possession of property; warrant or authority to collect the rents... | 308 |
| Amanat-nama | A deed of trust or deposit, a document conveying anything in trust. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 308 |
| Rajgi | Sovereignty. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 308 |
| Arzi-dawa | A petition of complaint, the plaint, the first pleading in a suit. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 308 |
| Arz | Petition, representation. In Mahommadan law personal property except money. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 309 |
| Asami | A person who is charged with a crime. A debtor or a defendant, or an acquised (in a law civil suit). | 309 |