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] | 622 |
| Hanafi or Hanefi | The first of four Sunni schools that was founded Abu Hanifa. It is the most conservative of all, and... | 622 |
| Sri Rama | One of the Avathars of Vishnu; Rama whose name in this form is also used as a term of salutation between... | 623 |
| Sapinda | A kinsman connected by offerings of balls of rice or of meat to common ancestors; the affinity extends... | 623 |
| Khairat | Alms, charity; lands given as charitable endowments. The term is more especially applicable to grants... | 624 |
| Siv or Siva | The Hindu triad and deity presiding over destruction and renovation, and ordinarily worshipped in the... | 624 |
| Said-zada, Saiyd-zada | The descendent of a Said, or of Mohammad. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 624 |
| Raja | A king, prince, a title given by the native governments, and in later times by the British Governments,... | 626 |
| Faujdari | Criminal as opposed to diwani or civil. | 626 |
| Rajgi | Sovereignty. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 627 |