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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maharani | A queen either in her own right or as wife of a Raja. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 437 |
| Sadar | A town. Chief, supreme, highest. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] Principal, chief; eminence,... | 436 |
| Jahannam | The Mohammadan hell, consisting of seven divisions allotted respectively to wicked Mohammadans, Christians,... | 436 |
| Sadharan, Sadharana | That which is common, as a common property, a specific or genuine charter, possessions in common; the... | 435 |
| Lathi | Stick. | 435 |
| Mahajan | A great man; a merchant; a banker; a moneylender; a creditor. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 435 |
| Kadi | The yoke of a plough. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 435 |
| Naik | see Nayak. | 434 |
| Aila or ila | a vow; in Mohammadan law specially a vow to abstain from carnal knowledge of a wife for four months,... | 433 |
| Kabaladar | The holder of a kabala or bond, one entitled to right in consequence of forfeiture of a bond, or the... | 433 |