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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ijaradari | Farming, contracting for rent or revenue; an abwab or cess formerly levied on lands or districts let... | 835 |
| Jama-bandi | Settlement of the amount of revenue assessed upon an estate, a village, or district; a village or district... | 821 |
| Dafadar | The head of a number of a persons, whether soldiers, police, peons, or labourers. In the native cavalry,... | 817 |
| Rai or Ray | Judgment or verdict of a Court of Law. During the time of the mohammadan government it was title given... | 798 |
| Badshahi, Badshahee | Royal. As applied to tenures, it denoted land, held under a royal grant, or in the language of the regulations,... | 797 |
| Dakhal or Quabza | the words ‘dakhal’ or 'quabza’ cannot refer to cultivator possession as tenant; the words in a... | 794 |
| Challan | A document sent with goods, treasure or individuals; an invoice, a voucher, a pass, a passport. A memorandum... | 791 |
| Santhathi | The word “Santhathi” is wide enough to include natural as well as adopted children. [(1916) 1 MWN... | 786 |
| Badi | A plaintiff, a complainant, a suitor. An advocate, one who states a plaint, whether for himself or another.... | 779 |
| Dabbi | A small box, a cash box; the treasury of a temple. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 771 |