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 |
|---|---|---|
| Malikana | An allowance for proprietary rights given by the Government to proprietors who decline to engage for... | 368 |
| Dustkhat | Signature. | 367 |
| Moazzel | “Moazzal system of transaction is a simple transaction whereby the bank on credit sells certain properties... | 367 |
| Nizamat-Adalat | A criminal court. Under the Mohammadan Government the highest court was so called and distinct criminal... | 366 |
| Malik | A proprietor, an owner, a lord, a cultivator possessing hereditary rights, also a landlord, a Zamindar.... | 364 |
| Sharaya-ul-Islam | The most authoritative text-book of the Shiah Law. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 364 |
| Bismillah | The name of the formula “In the name of God the most merciful,” with which letters and public documents,... | 361 |
| Asar namaz | The third prayer of Musalman day. The afternoon prayer of the Mohammadans to be repeated at any time... | 361 |
| Arz-i mukarrar | A petition or memorial representing the circumstances of a case, a representation to the Royal authority... | 360 |
| Asli or Asali | Primary original. Applied to a registered village under the Mohammedan system, in opposition to Dakhili;... | 358 |