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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dakhilkar | Dakhilkar- The word is commonly used in the upper part of India as meaning a tenant with occupancy rights.... | 473 |
| Sadr-adalat | The Supreme Court, the name of the highest court established under the East India Company in each Presidency.... | 473 |
| Pandhri | A tax on agriculture formerly levied in villages. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 466 |
| Lash, Laash, Lush | Dead body. | 465 |
| Raiyatwar | According to or with Raiyats, familiarly applied to the revenue settlement which was made by Government... | 463 |
| Pala | Turn of worship of a duty. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 458 |
| Madrasa | A College, an academy. [Wilson’s Glossary] A place for reading, a school. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 458 |
| Idgah | A platform, sometimes screened or enclosed by a brick wall, where Mahomedans assemble for occasional... | 458 |
| Fatawa | A collection or digest of judicial of judicial decisions. The best known is the fatawa Alamgiri, complied... | 457 |
| Ejmali | See Ijmali. | 456 |