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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gadi | A cushion to sit upon, the ordinary Indian seat; but especially a king’s cushion, a throne. [P Ramanatha... | 471 |
| Hakim | A sage, a physician. A Governor, a Judge, a Muhammadan magistrate, Commander, ruler, master. [P Ramanatha... | 471 |
| Ka | First letter from Bangla Letters (Bornomala) that comes before Kha. | 471 |
| Lakh | Lac or Lak, laksha. One hundred thousand; one hundred lakhs make a kror, i.e.10 million. | 472 |
| Mafi | Remitted, free, applied to lands exempt from the payment of revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 472 |
| Ghar | House. | 473 |
| Haj | Pilgrimage; especially the pilgrimage to Mecca. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 473 |
| Laan | Divorce upon accusation of adultery by the husband, to be confirmed by him by his imprecating upon her... | 473 |
| Fatawa-i-Serajiah | “The highest authority on the law of inheritance amongst the Sunnis of India is the Sirajiyah, which... | 475 |
| Lakshmi | The wife of Vishnu, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 475 |