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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sanad-diwani | A grant of or assignment of land, or rather of the government revenue assessed upon it. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 591 |
| Selami | See Salami. | 591 |
| Muhab | A gift, the thing given. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 591 |
| Krishak or Krishan | A cultivator, a tiller of soil, a husbandman.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 590 |
| Bhag Chashi | See Bargadar. | 590 |
| Akhir or Akher | Final, last, end. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 590 |
| Arz | Petition, representation. In Mahommadan law personal property except money. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 590 |
| Hakk | True; a just or legal right or claim. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A just claim, right,... | 590 |
| Samabartan, samavattana | The ceremony which takes place when the young Brahmin has completed his course of religious study, and... | 590 |
| Karbala | The meeting place of the taziahs at the Muharram festival, so called after Karbala, in Turkish, Arabia,... | 589 |