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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sahodara | Related by libations of water to diseased kinsmen; brother. [Wilson’s Glossary] Uterine brother,... | 632 |
| Munsif | A justice; an arbitrator, a judge. Under the British Government the term is applied to the native Judge... | 633 |
| Mahr | A marriage settlement of property on the wife; it is a necessary concomitant of a contract of marriage... | 633 |
| Stridhan, Stridhana | According to Hindu Law, stridhan means such property of a woman over which she has full and unrestricted... | 634 |
| Subahdari-parwana | An order issued by a Subahdar; a vicerigal assignment of revenue. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 634 |
| Said, Saiyd | A lord, a chief; a designation assumed by a number of Mohammadans who pretend to be descended from Hosain,... | 634 |
| Parcha | A statement showing demand, etc., on a holding. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 635 |
| Sakulya | A kinsman, or more especially a distant kinsman, not nearer than five, seven of ten degrees. [Wilson’s... | 635 |
| Batai-dar | a cultivator who shares the crop with proprietor. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 636 |
| Lungi | A coloured check worn by Mohammadanas dhoti; also a turban with a check or gold border. [P Ramanatha... | 638 |