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 |
|---|---|---|
| Riayati | A favoured tenant or cultivator, one to whom remission or abatement of rent has been granted. [Wilson’s... | 275 |
| Hali-dakhal | Increase of the actual assessment. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 275 |
| Mahrana | A fee paid to the Kazi at a wedding. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 275 |
| Marsiah | An elegy; especially one recounting the circumstances of the death of Hussain, the third Imam. [P Ramanatha... | 275 |
| Maulavi, Maulvi | A learned Mussalman, a law doctor, a teacher of Arabic. A learned and religious man. The Law officer... | 275 |
| Moris | A Persian word which means ancestor. [AIR 1983 SC 684] | 275 |
| Sharif, Shereef | A descendent of Mohammad through his daughter Fatima. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 275 |
| Batti | A land measure. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 276 |
| Anadi-bhumi | Land transferred by mortgage. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 276 |
| Sankha | A great Hindu Sage and writer of an important Smriti that bears his name. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 276 |