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 |
|---|---|---|
| Parampara | One after another in succession, hereditary, traditional. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 434 |
| Bhag Chashi | See Bargadar. | 434 |
| Amanatdar | The holder of a deposit, or charge, trustee, a guardian. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 434 |
| Aputra | Without son; (in Hindu Law) a man who has no son, who has never had, or who has lost an only son, and... | 434 |
| Sahodari | A sister by the same mother. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 434 |
| Sanadi-zamindar | A zamindar appointed under a royal patent, on default of heirs, to succeed to another zamindar, or on... | 434 |
| Muhab | A gift, the thing given. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 434 |
| Kotwali | The office of a Kotwal, or anything relating to it; a variety of town duties. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 435 |
| Amin-fauzdar | A revenue assessor of a pargana under the Mughal Empire.[Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 435 |
| Pargana | A tract of a country comprising many villages; a revenue district. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 436 |