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 |
|---|---|---|
| Niyoga | Appointment to an office or duty. Procreation of son by appointment of a person other than the husband.... | 251 |
| Kope | Blow severely with knife, dagger etc. | 251 |
| Atatayi | In Hindu Law, one guilty of a heinous offence. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 251 |
| Sianat | Protection; in law the privilege of being under the protection of the law restricted to the faithful... | 252 |
| Pathan | This name a s used in India includes all the natives of the country commonly called Afganistan, and also... | 252 |
| Patwari | The village registrar and accountant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 252 |
| Ghazi | One who takes part in ghazu, which originally meant a plundering raid, but in the time of Muhammad came... | 252 |
| Hundi Darsani | A bill of exchange payable at sight. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 252 |
| Sarkar | The Government, the supreme authority in the state. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 252 |
| Kalam | A farm house, a granary. | 252 |