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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moris | A Persian word which means ancestor. [AIR 1983 SC 684] | 280 |
| Shah | A sovereign ruler. The title is also given to eminent pirs or saints, and Saids often affix it to their... | 280 |
| Pirmushid | An aged instructor. A family priest. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 279 |
| Marsiah | An elegy; especially one recounting the circumstances of the death of Hussain, the third Imam. [P Ramanatha... | 279 |
| Sharif, Shereef | A descendent of Mohammad through his daughter Fatima. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 279 |
| Kar | Rent or tax. | 278 |
| Bidi | Cigarette. | 278 |
| Putrik-putra | The term signifies son of a daughter. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 278 |
| Rasumdar | The holder of certain fees or perquisites. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 278 |
| Riayati | A favoured tenant or cultivator, one to whom remission or abatement of rent has been granted. [Wilson’s... | 278 |