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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dakhalnama | A deed of possession or occupancy; a document giving right of occupancy. [ITR 5 Cal 644 at 647] | 704 |
| Pancha | Five, the number five; it is also used as abbreviation for panchayat. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 705 |
| Jagir, Jaghir | An assignment of the Government revenue on a tract of land to families, individuals, or public officers.... | 708 |
| Lagan | A yearly fee, a cash-rent. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] Lagan also denotes floatable... | 710 |
| Bandobast | Agreement, settlement, bargain, adjustmen, arrangement. Settlement of revenue to be paid by the zaminder,... | 711 |
| Abkari | Taxes or duties on the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors, and intoxicating drugs. [P Ramanatha... | 713 |
| Baghayati | Fit for, or relating to, garden cultivation; Land having much garden ground; raised on garden ground.... | 715 |
| Daftarkhanah or Daftar Khanah | A house or room in which records are kept; an office. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 716 |
| Ejarah | A farm of land, or rather of its revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 716 |
| Ijaradar | Ijaradar is a tenure-holder within the meaning of the expression ‘tenure-holder’ used in the East... | 716 |