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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adatta | In Hindu Law, illegal, or void. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 425 |
| Atatayi | In Hindu Law, one guilty of a heinous offence. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 252 |
| Aulia | In law the nearest of kin, and therefore entitled to demand the fine of blood, or communication for murder.... | 277 |
| Hajir | In law, annulment, disqualification; the invalidity of acts done by a minor, an idiot, a slave, or the... | 450 |
| Akr | In Mohammadan law, a marriage portion or dower; also one to be settled on the female slave termed Mukatiba,... | 290 |
| Ihsan | In Mohammadan law, a person who is a free sane adult of chaste reputation, and of Mohammadan faith, and... | 432 |
| Hajib-nuksan | In Mohammadan law, partial exclusion with respect to inheritance, or substitution of one share to another,... | 494 |
| Beshi-jama | Increase of revenue or assessment upon that of the preceding year. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 292 |
| Aul or Aol | Increase. In Mohammedan law, the distribution of a fractional proportion of inherited property more than... | 291 |
| Fasid | Invalid, Irregular. A muslim marriage contracted without witness is fasid, that is, irregular, but not... | 491 |