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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asthal | Place of residence or abiding , especially the kind of free monastery in which communities of religious... | 642 |
| Smriti | The body of the recorded or remembered law, the ceremonial and legal institutes of the Hindus. [Wilson’s... | 641 |
| Kharij-Nama | A deed of separation or division , a deed for the partition of a joint estate, or for the separation... | 641 |
| Batai | Division of the crop between the cultivator and the landlord or the Government in that capacity. Rent... | 641 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 641 |
| Muhazarat | In law suing any one in a court of law; also disposing of expected property, or property in reversion,... | 641 |
| Amal-dastak | Deed of conveyance, any document giving possession of property; warrant or authority to collect the rents... | 640 |
| Mimansa | A settlement or compromise of a dispute or difference; arbitration award; judgment; schools of Hindu... | 640 |
| Kharij Jama | The word imports that the owner of the Kharil jama is an independent proprietor. [AIR 1926 Pat 152] | 638 |
| Haram | Sacred, forbidden, closed to promiscuous access; hence applied to female connection or relative; a concubine;... | 638 |