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 |
|---|---|---|
| Murda | A dead body of a person whose sole is departed. See Lash. | 686 |
| Kuzi-ul-kuzat | The principle Kazi under the British government, the head Mohammadan legal officer Sadr Adalats, or courts... | 686 |
| Anjali | A respectful mode of salutation. As much grain as can be held by the two hands put together. A handful... | 686 |
| Guzara | The guzara is a sort of subordinate zamindari, or under proprietary tenure carved out in the estate,... | 686 |
| Bita | Lands of a village that have existed from time immemorial, in opposition to lands recently acquired by... | 687 |
| As-har | Relation by marriage within the degrees on which marriage is prohibited.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 687 |
| Haria | Haria is a land granted to the relations of persons killed in an affray between two villages, by the... | 687 |
| Nizamat | The office of Nizam. As an adjective Nizamat means criminal, as opposed to diwani or civil as the Nizam... | 690 |
| Amal-patta | A deed appointing an agent or manager; a warrant authorizing a person to collect the rents of an estate.... | 690 |
| Alaga Bhumi | Waste land, land set apart for pasture. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 691 |