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 |
|---|---|---|
| Namaz | Muslim prayer. | 450 |
| Haj | Pilgrimage; especially the pilgrimage to Mecca. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 450 |
| Hajir | In law, annulment, disqualification; the invalidity of acts done by a minor, an idiot, a slave, or the... | 450 |
| Ail | Boundary of a plot of land.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 449 |
| Fasl | A division of the year, a season; a harvest, a crop. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 449 |
| Gaddi | A pillow; but used as throne. The seat of sovereignty or chief ship; the state cushion or throne spoken... | 449 |
| Lakh | Lac or Lak, laksha. One hundred thousand; one hundred lakhs make a kror, i.e.10 million. | 449 |
| Fatawa-i-Serajiah | “The highest authority on the law of inheritance amongst the Sunnis of India is the Sirajiyah, which... | 448 |
| Gadi | A cushion to sit upon, the ordinary Indian seat; but especially a king’s cushion, a throne. [P Ramanatha... | 448 |
| Ghair-maurusi | Not holding by hereditary descent; a tenant or farmer; not inherited; acquired. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 448 |