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

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Aila or ilaa vow; in Mohammadan law specially a vow to abstain from carnal knowledge of a wife for four months,...739
AinLaw.687
Ain-AkbariRegulations of Akbar. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.]717
Ajat-putraA man to whom no son has been born (and who has therefore power to adopt one).[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s...704
AkarThe assessed rent or revenue of a village or district. Estimate in general. [Wilson’s Glossary]418
AkdanaMarriage fee paid to the Kazi. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.]438
Akhir or AkherFinal, last, end. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]396
AkhiriLast, final.458
AkilaOne who is subject to pay Diyat or the fine of blood. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law]427
AkrIn Mohammadan law, a marriage portion or dower; also one to be settled on the female slave termed Mukatiba,...545