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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lungi | A coloured check worn by Mohammadanas dhoti; also a turban with a check or gold border. [P Ramanatha... | 773 |
| Parampari | Successive arrangement, series, lineage. [Wilson’s Glossary | 774 |
| Purdanashin | See Pardah-nashin. | 774 |
| Malikana | An allowance for proprietary rights given by the Government to proprietors who decline to engage for... | 780 |
| Sarkar-abi | The High Court, the chief authority, the government, the viceregal establishment of the Nawab of Bengal;... | 780 |
| Jangal or Jongol | A forest, a ticket; any tract overrun with bushes or trees, or suffered to be overspread with vegetation.... | 781 |
| Chasa | Cultivation, tillage. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 784 |
| Follok | Two pieces of bamboo used for pressing the limbs by way of torture. [45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 784 |
| Khala | Dissolution of the marriage at the suit of the wife, in which she agrees to make her husband compensation... | 785 |
| Sunni Wakf | A wakf governed by Sunni law. | 786 |