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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunni | A sect amongst Mahomedans. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A follower of sunnah; the name... | 444 |
| Nakal | A copy, duplicate, a transcript of any document. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 443 |
| Ghuslkhana | A bathing room; that part of a palace often considering of many elaborately ornamented chambers and passages,... | 443 |
| Baitakkhana | Baitakkhana means a house or part of a house used for sitting or as reception-room, where entertainments... | 442 |
| Baki Dena | The expression ‘Baki Dena’ is a promise to pay the balance. | 441 |
| Dakhildar | An occupant, either in his own right, or as a manager or trustee. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 441 |
| Dayabagha | A digest on ancient Hindu Law written by Jimutavahana; a work of papamount authority in Bengal.[P Ramanatha... | 441 |
| Chowdhury or Chaudhari | A rural nobleman; a land-officer in ancient time: sometimes having considerable influence; now applied... | 438 |
| Dharamashala | The word Dharamashala indicates a place wherein certain section of the public have got a right of residence... | 437 |
| Mataa | Mataa is something to which a divorced woman is entitled and which the former husband is under an obligation... | 436 |