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

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RiniA debtor, a borrower. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]263
SajjadA mat or carpet on which Mohammadans kneel or sit whilst praying. [Wilson’s Glossary]263
Samskarasee Samaskar.263
SarkiLocal arm.263
MuntakhibAn abstract of the documents, in the older Survey records (N.W.P.) system being a list of names, with...262
Siv or SivaThe Hindu triad and deity presiding over destruction and renovation, and ordinarily worshipped in the...262
BattiA land measure. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India]262
ParsiA fire-worshipper. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]262
PattiA share or division of land, village or estate. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]262
RajabThe seventh moth of the Mohammadan year. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]262