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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Krishak or KrishanA cultivator, a tiller of soil, a husbandman.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]245
KrishiAgriculture.259
KubalaSee kabala.224
Kuzi-ul-kuzatThe principle Kazi under the British government, the head Mohammadan legal officer Sadr Adalats, or courts...273
Baghichadarowner of a grove; allowed to be plot or sub-proprietor of it. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British...250
Barat, BuratA record, a register, a diploma, a warrant, a commission, an assignment or order on the revenue. In the...287
BargaAn agreement by which the cultivator engages to pay the landlord half the produce, the latter providing...298
Basti, BusteeA village, a town, any inhabited place. [Wilson’s Glossary]265
BataliA sharp cutting weapon used by carpenters.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142]323
BataiDivision of the crop between the cultivator and the landlord or the Government in that capacity. Rent...322