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 |
|---|---|---|
| Muhassil | A tax-gatherer, a bailiff, but applied especially to messengers formerly sent to collect arrears of revenue,... | 650 |
| Mauza | A village; parcels of land having distinct name in the revenue records. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 651 |
| Sarkar-abi | The High Court, the chief authority, the government, the viceregal establishment of the Nawab of Bengal;... | 653 |
| Mohammadan Law | The personal law of the Mohammadans that is administered to them. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 653 |
| Bazaar | A market, a daily market, a market-place. As opposed to bazaar, a hat is held on certain days; a ganj... | 654 |
| Malikana | An allowance for proprietary rights given by the Government to proprietors who decline to engage for... | 655 |
| Sunnat | The traditional law of Mohammadans based upon the sayings and doings of Mohammad, and of scarcely inferior... | 656 |
| Sunni Wakf | A wakf governed by Sunni law. | 656 |
| Phupu | Aunty. Sister of father. | 658 |
| Malik | A proprietor, an owner, a lord, a cultivator possessing hereditary rights, also a landlord, a Zamindar.... | 658 |