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 |
|---|---|---|
| Khalif | The successor to sovereign power, especially applied to the successors of Mohammad, who united the characters... | 302 |
| Kifayat | Surplus, profit, advantage; profit or increase in the amount of revenue received by the Government, whether... | 302 |
| Subahdar | The Governor of a province or district; a Viceroy. Subahdar is also the name of an officer in the native... | 302 |
| Panja | The hand with the fingers, extended; a representation of the same mounted on a staff and carried in procession... | 302 |
| Amanat-Jari | Assignments of revenue resumed or held temporarily in charge of a Government officer.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 302 |
| Risaldar | The officer of highest rank in Cavalry. An officer commanding a troop of horse. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 302 |
| Jhil | Low-lying rice and retentive of moisture also a pond for irrigation. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 302 |
| Sheristadar | Keeper of records; highest ministerial officer of the court. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 302 |
| Munsif | A justice; an arbitrator, a judge. Under the British Government the term is applied to the native Judge... | 303 |
| Karma | Destiny or fate as determined by one’s own actions in the past. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 303 |