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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moonshee | Letter writer, secretary; Europeans give this title to the native who instructs them in the native language.... | 488 |
| Shikdari | The office of the revenue collector termed Shikdar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 488 |
| Kotwal | A chief Officer of Police in a City or Town. Under the native Governments the Kotwal sometimes exercised... | 489 |
| Haor | A depression in the soil, liable to remain flooded. [Bad. Pow. iii.448] | 489 |
| Mourasi | Succession from generation to generation; signifies permanent tenure. [56 Cal 180] | 489 |
| Khalif | The successor to sovereign power, especially applied to the successors of Mohammad, who united the characters... | 490 |
| Prajapala | A king, a ruler; a name of the deity Brahma. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 490 |
| Amildari | The district or estate for the revenue of which the Amil was responsible.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 490 |
| Amin | A revenue surveyor, land measurer, etc. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 490 |
| Rusum | Customs, customary commissions, gratuities, fees or perquisites. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] ... | 490 |