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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barga | An agreement by which the cultivator engages to pay the landlord half the produce, the latter providing... | 715 |
| Rishtadari | Relationship. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 715 |
| Faujdari | Criminal as opposed to diwani or civil. | 713 |
| Salisnama | An agreement to refer to arbitration. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as an award. [AIR 1950... | 713 |
| Peshkar | An agent, a deputy. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 712 |
| Pujari | A priest in a temple, one who conducts public worship and receives the offerings either of his own account... | 712 |
| Amil-dar | A collector, or contractor for, the revenue; used as synonymous with Amil, an inaccuracy for Amal-dar.... | 712 |
| Sharab | Spirituous liquor, whence the English Sherbet. In Mohammadan law, the offence of drinking wine. Also... | 712 |
| Byabastha | A statute, a law. A written opinion or dictum on a point of Hindu law drawn up by Bandits.[P Ramanatha... | 710 |
| Goonda | Scoundrel. A dangerous and desperate person. [AIR 1960 Punj 332.] | 710 |