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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hat | A market, a movable market, one held only on certain days in a week, affair. A hat is a benefit arising... | 800 |
| Phupu | Aunty. Sister of father. | 799 |
| Sultan | A sovereign, an emperor; first known in India as the title of Mahmud of Ghazni. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 796 |
| Mohammadan Law | The personal law of the Mohammadans that is administered to them. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 796 |
| Julkar | Julkar is a general term signifying “water right”, and might, therefore aptly include the right to... | 791 |
| Amir | A nobleman, a Mohammadan of high rank. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 789 |
| Jaziah | A capitation tax levied on all who refused to become Mohammadans. It was abolished in India by Akbar,... | 789 |
| Muhassil | A tax-gatherer, a bailiff, but applied especially to messengers formerly sent to collect arrears of revenue,... | 789 |
| Khala | Dissolution of the marriage at the suit of the wife, in which she agrees to make her husband compensation... | 787 |
| Sunnat | The traditional law of Mohammadans based upon the sayings and doings of Mohammad, and of scarcely inferior... | 787 |