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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rehan | Mortgage, pledge, pawn. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 283 |
| Sama-veda | One of the four Vedas- the primary source of all Hindu Codes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 283 |
| Sati | A faithful, virtuous wife; especially one who burns herself with the corpse of her husband. [P Ramanatha... | 283 |
| Amanatdari | Guardianship, agency, trust. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 284 |
| Muafi, Muaafi | Remitted, exempted from payment of rent or tax. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 284 |
| Kanya-dana | The presentation of the bride to the bride groom, by her parent or guardian, the giving of a girl in... | 284 |
| Munshi | A writer, a secretary. The word is very commonly used among Europeans to denote a teacher of Arabic,... | 284 |
| Siv or Siva | The Hindu triad and deity presiding over destruction and renovation, and ordinarily worshipped in the... | 285 |
| Koran | The sacred book of the Mohammadans, and considered by them to be the fountain head of all science, knowledge... | 285 |
| Piashkat raiyat | A non-resident or temporary cultivator. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 285 |