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 |
|---|---|---|
| Malik | A proprietor, an owner, a lord, a cultivator possessing hereditary rights, also a landlord, a Zamindar.... | 291 |
| Ishtihar | Notice, public notice, proclamation, advertisement.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 291 |
| Barat, Burat | A record, a register, a diploma, a warrant, a commission, an assignment or order on the revenue. In the... | 290 |
| Amal-dastak | Deed of conveyance, any document giving possession of property; warrant or authority to collect the rents... | 290 |
| Nizamat | The office of Nizam. As an adjective Nizamat means criminal, as opposed to diwani or civil as the Nizam... | 289 |
| Aputra | Without son; (in Hindu Law) a man who has no son, who has never had, or who has lost an only son, and... | 289 |
| Mimansa | A settlement or compromise of a dispute or difference; arbitration award; judgment; schools of Hindu... | 289 |
| Ambala | A place or shed where public affairs are discussed.[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 288 |
| Haria | Haria is a land granted to the relations of persons killed in an affray between two villages, by the... | 288 |
| Sapinda | A kinsman connected by offerings of balls of rice or of meat to common ancestors; the affinity extends... | 288 |