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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peshkar | An agent, a deputy. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 459 |
| Haria | Haria is a land granted to the relations of persons killed in an affray between two villages, by the... | 459 |
| Hindu | The term “Hindu” with regard to the application of Hindu law includes not only those who are Hindu... | 459 |
| Sarasari | The word connotes the idea of a temporary settlement; but along with the word ‘bemiadi’, it means... | 459 |
| Raja | A king, prince, a title given by the native governments, and in later times by the British Governments,... | 460 |
| Ilahi | Divine; the title of the era instituted by the emperor Akbar, commencing with the first year of his reign,... | 460 |
| Jama-Masjid | The principal mosque or Mohammadan place of prayer in a city.[Wilson’s glossary] | 460 |
| Amaldar | A manager, an agent, a governor of a district, a collector of revenue. A officer appointed to collect... | 461 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 461 |
| Mahr-nama or Mahr-nameh | A deed of dower or settlement; the document in which it is specified. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 461 |