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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hat | A market, a movable market, one held only on certain days in a week, affair. A hat is a benefit arising... | 799 |
| Mahr | A marriage settlement of property on the wife; it is a necessary concomitant of a contract of marriage... | 800 |
| Salami | A free gift made by way of compliment or in return for a favour. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] ... | 802 |
| Bazaar | A market, a daily market, a market-place. As opposed to bazaar, a hat is held on certain days; a ganj... | 803 |
| Mirassidar, Mirasdar, Mirashdar | the holder of Mirasi or hereditary land rights. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] The word “mirashdar”... | 803 |
| Jami Jama | The word ‘jami jama’ indicates lands as well as rent or when taken together in abstract sense means... | 804 |
| Ariyat | A loan of anything which is itself to be returned. Land or orchards of which the owner allows others... | 806 |
| Asar namaz | The third prayer of Musalman day. The afternoon prayer of the Mohammadans to be repeated at any time... | 806 |
| Azan | The Muhammadan call to prayer, chanted by Mulla or Muezzin from the minaret of the Mosquw. The call is:... | 807 |
| Muharram | The name of the first month of the Mohammadan year. The mourning festival observed in that month by the... | 807 |