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 |
|---|---|---|
| Makandar | An officer, a place-man. In the south of India it is commonly applied to a person in charge of, or having... | 255 |
| Istihsan | Approving in law a favourable construction or interpretation of a point of law, deviating from the strict... | 255 |
| Muatab | Respectable, worthy of confidence, a person of credit; one who is responsible for the sufficiency of... | 255 |
| Muhammadan | See Mohammadan. | 255 |
| Mukarrari-dar | The occupant of a form or estate paying a fixed and permanent rate of rent or revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 255 |
| Kayastha | A caste so termed, or a a member or it, sprung from a kshatriya father and Vaisya mother the occupation... | 254 |
| Niskar | Rent-free tenancy; tenant not in fact paying rent. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 254 |
| Praja | Subject; tenant, progeny, offspring; dependant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 254 |
| Amanatdari | Guardianship, agency, trust. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 254 |
| Fatiah | The opening Surah or chapter of the Koran; it is read for dying person, wherence the world has come to... | 254 |