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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammadan | A Musalman. A person who believes in the religion of Mohammad, and in Mohammad as a true prophet.... | 250 |
| Satin | A co-wife, expressing the relationship of man’s different wives; each is said to be Satin to the other.... | 250 |
| Kanya-dana | The presentation of the bride to the bride groom, by her parent or guardian, the giving of a girl in... | 250 |
| Kar | Rent or tax. | 251 |
| Khadi | Any cloth woven on handloom in India from cotton, silk or woolen yarn, handspun in India or from a mixture... | 251 |
| Khal | Water channel; water course, through which water is carried to one’s land. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 251 |
| Srabhan | A Bengali Calendar month. | 251 |
| Koti | Ten millions; a hundred lakhs, or ten hundred thousands; commonly termed a kror or Crore.[Wilson’s... | 251 |
| Bhai | Brother. | 251 |
| Bhedi | A dyke, an embankment. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 251 |