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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mutawalli, Mutwalli | The Manager of wakf property is called a mutawalli. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] Under... | 952 |
| Nadi | Common term for any river above the size of small stream. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 819 |
| Naib | A deputy, representative, a deputy collector of rent. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 815 |
| Naib-i-Nazim | Deputy of the Nazim or Government. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 795 |
| Naib-Tahsildar | The deputy or assistant of the Tahsildar. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 931 |
| Naik | see Nayak. | 824 |
| Nakal | A copy, duplicate, a transcript of any document. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 757 |
| Nal land | Agriculture land. | 1047 |
| Nala | Nala means a natural water course. [1941 Pat 118=21 Pat LT 873] | 833 |
| Nalish | A civil or criminal case. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 791 |