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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haram | Sacred, forbidden, closed to promiscuous access; hence applied to female connection or relative; a concubine;... | 320 |
| Sulka | Marriage fee; money or property given to the bridegroom or bride at the time of marriage of Hindus. [Mitra’s... | 321 |
| Batai | Division of the crop between the cultivator and the landlord or the Government in that capacity. Rent... | 321 |
| Hal Hasila | A tenant holding when the rent is according to the crop obtained (hasil) at each harvest (hal, now, for... | 321 |
| Salami | A free gift made by way of compliment or in return for a favour. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] ... | 321 |
| Malikana | An allowance for proprietary rights given by the Government to proprietors who decline to engage for... | 321 |
| Batali | A sharp cutting weapon used by carpenters.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 322 |
| Sharaya-ul-Islam | The most authoritative text-book of the Shiah Law. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 323 |
| Hat | A market, a movable market, one held only on certain days in a week, affair. A hat is a benefit arising... | 324 |
| Parcha | A statement showing demand, etc., on a holding. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 325 |