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 |
|---|---|---|
| Parda | A veil, a screen, a curtain, especially one which excludes the woman of a family from the gaze of men.... | 561 |
| Asthal | Place of residence or abiding , especially the kind of free monastery in which communities of religious... | 560 |
| Sarasari | The word connotes the idea of a temporary settlement; but along with the word ‘bemiadi’, it means... | 556 |
| Rishtadari | Relationship. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 555 |
| Imambara or Imambarah | A building in which the festival of the Moharram is celebrated and services in commemoration of the deaths... | 555 |
| Amaldari | Management, administration, collection of revenue. The office of Amaldar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 554 |
| Hat | A market, a movable market, one held only on certain days in a week, affair. A hat is a benefit arising... | 554 |
| Hindu | The term “Hindu” with regard to the application of Hindu law includes not only those who are Hindu... | 554 |
| Akr | In Mohammadan law, a marriage portion or dower; also one to be settled on the female slave termed Mukatiba,... | 553 |
| Rajgi | Sovereignty. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 552 |