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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sahodara | Related by libations of water to diseased kinsmen; brother. [Wilson’s Glossary] Uterine brother,... | 665 |
| Arz-i mukarrar | A petition or memorial representing the circumstances of a case, a representation to the Royal authority... | 664 |
| Sakulya | A kinsman, or more especially a distant kinsman, not nearer than five, seven of ten degrees. [Wilson’s... | 664 |
| Hat | A market, a movable market, one held only on certain days in a week, affair. A hat is a benefit arising... | 663 |
| Alaga Bhumi | Waste land, land set apart for pasture. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 662 |
| Supari | Betel nut. | 661 |
| Sharaya-ul-Islam | The most authoritative text-book of the Shiah Law. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 661 |
| Nizamat | The office of Nizam. As an adjective Nizamat means criminal, as opposed to diwani or civil as the Nizam... | 660 |
| Akar | The assessed rent or revenue of a village or district. Estimate in general. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 660 |
| Bita | Lands of a village that have existed from time immemorial, in opposition to lands recently acquired by... | 658 |