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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bhedi | A dyke, an embankment. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 453 |
| Rehan | Mortgage, pledge, pawn. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 453 |
| Hidayah | The Hidayah is a famous work on Muhammadan law. It is a commentary upon the Bidayut-ool-Mubtudee by Shykh... | 453 |
| Saytan | The enemy of man; the chief of the fallen angels; the devil. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 453 |
| Shafi, Shafia | A person having the right of pre-emption. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 453 |
| Mukarrari-dar | The occupant of a form or estate paying a fixed and permanent rate of rent or revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 453 |
| Karma | Destiny or fate as determined by one’s own actions in the past. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 452 |
| Sikh | The name of a religious sect founded in Punjab at the end of the fifteenth century by Nanak Shah, a Hindu... | 452 |
| Sota | A local weapon. | 452 |
| Nazim | The chief officer of a province. A viceroy or Governor. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 452 |