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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sansarai | Fee charged by malguzars to those for steeping and retting hemp in water. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 270 |
| Smasana | see Shoshan. | 269 |
| Nikas | Adjustment of accounts; rendering of accounts. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 269 |
| Kishan | A cultivator. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 269 |
| Maulana | A Mahomedan of great learning or respectability or a teacher or doctor of Mahomedan theology. [Mitra’s... | 269 |
| Jamatkhana | A place of assembly. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 269 |
| Shadi | A marriage, a wedding; the festive celebration of a proper nikah. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 269 |
| Kaza | A Judge, civil or criminal, and ecclesiastical, among the Mohammadans. [Wilson’s glossary] | 268 |
| Musha, Mushaa | An undivided share or part of any property. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 268 |
| Sirwan | A person appointed by the owner of a village to superintend its affairs and enforce cultivation. [Wilson’s... | 268 |