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 |
|---|---|---|
| Samabartan, samavattana | The ceremony which takes place when the young Brahmin has completed his course of religious study, and... | 277 |
| Khandan | Ordinarily the word khandan which corresponds with the English expression ‘family’ means a group... | 278 |
| Subahdarry abwab | The imposts or cesses of the Subahdah or viceroy. Viceroyal imposts of Jaffier Khan, Soujah Khan, Aliverdi... | 278 |
| Bhag | A share, a part, a portion, a share in kind; tax, duty, the share of the Government. Share or portion... | 278 |
| Bhag Chashi | See Bargadar. | 278 |
| Haor | A depression in the soil, liable to remain flooded. [Bad. Pow. iii.448] | 278 |
| Hissadar | A share-holder, a co-parcencer, one who pays his share of the revenue to the state or to a zamindar.[P... | 278 |
| Sawar | A horseman, a horse-soldier; a mounted police-man; and particularly a mounted attendant or messenger... | 278 |
| Munshiana | The practice of Munshiana at the Lahore bar is that a litigant pays counsel for his clerk, or pays to... | 279 |
| Nazarana | Consent money or premium, e.g., for grant or renewal of a lease. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 279 |