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

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ParaA village, part of a village or town; it is commonly used in composition to form the names of villages...319
Batai-dara cultivator who shares the crop with proprietor. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]319
Mufassal AdalatFormerly a provincial court of justice. [Wilson’s Glossary]319
Kuzi-ul-kuzatThe principle Kazi under the British government, the head Mohammadan legal officer Sadr Adalats, or courts...318
Bhag ChashiSee Bargadar.318
AputraWithout son; (in Hindu Law) a man who has no son, who has never had, or who has lost an only son, and...318
Malik AlaSuperior proprietor.318
IjmaliHeld in common (as an estate) undivided, not partitioned, settled in common with two or more parties....318
Sarkar-abiThe High Court, the chief authority, the government, the viceregal establishment of the Nawab of Bengal;...318
Amal-pattaA deed appointing an agent or manager; a warrant authorizing a person to collect the rents of an estate....317