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 |
|---|---|---|
| Subahdar | The Governor of a province or district; a Viceroy. Subahdar is also the name of an officer in the native... | 726 |
| Amaldari | Management, administration, collection of revenue. The office of Amaldar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 726 |
| Samaskar | Sacramental ceremonies of Hindu in relation to persons. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 726 |
| Amal-sanad | Payment of the revenue by a division of the crop, or in kind; applied also to a village where the revenue... | 725 |
| Rajgi | Sovereignty. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 724 |
| Arz begi | An officer who, under the Moghul Government, was appointed to receive and present petition.[P Ramanatha... | 724 |
| Hanafi or Hanefi | The first of four Sunni schools that was founded Abu Hanifa. It is the most conservative of all, and... | 724 |
| Sipoy | A soldier. | 723 |
| Barat, Burat | A record, a register, a diploma, a warrant, a commission, an assignment or order on the revenue. In the... | 723 |
| Asmani-Farmani | A term used formerly in deeds and lease, providing for any incidents or injuries arising from calamitous... | 722 |