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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kayastha | A caste so termed, or a a member or it, sprung from a kshatriya father and Vaisya mother the occupation... | 287 |
| Rajaput | A prince, the son of a Raja. | 287 |
| Sanadi-zamindar | A zamindar appointed under a royal patent, on default of heirs, to succeed to another zamindar, or on... | 287 |
| Makandar | An officer, a place-man. In the south of India it is commonly applied to a person in charge of, or having... | 287 |
| Shara | The law, the precepts of the Koran. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 287 |
| Murshid | A teacher, a spiritual guide, member of the higher order in a brotherhood of fakirs. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 288 |
| Ashar | A Bangla calendar month. | 288 |
| Salishkar | An arbitrator. | 288 |
| Samaskar | Sacramental ceremonies of Hindu in relation to persons. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 288 |
| Khet | A field, a tract of land especially fit for cultivation; a cultivated field; an agricultural division... | 289 |