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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saptapadi | An essential part of a Hindu marriage being the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride... | 488 |
| Mazduri | Labour. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 488 |
| Morphia | Morphia is opium. [AIR 1922 Lah. 216] | 488 |
| Nazarana | Consent money or premium, e.g., for grant or renewal of a lease. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 487 |
| Niyoga | Appointment to an office or duty. Procreation of son by appointment of a person other than the husband.... | 487 |
| Pathan | This name a s used in India includes all the natives of the country commonly called Afganistan, and also... | 487 |
| Praja | Subject; tenant, progeny, offspring; dependant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 487 |
| Sanadi-zamindar | A zamindar appointed under a royal patent, on default of heirs, to succeed to another zamindar, or on... | 487 |
| Muntakhib | An abstract of the documents, in the older Survey records (N.W.P.) system being a list of names, with... | 486 |
| Nirbahi | Executive branch of a Government. | 486 |