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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashrabat | Drinks, but in law applied specially to wines or spirituous liquors products from the fermentation of... | 674 |
| Sajjad | A mat or carpet on which Mohammadans kneel or sit whilst praying. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 674 |
| Saraswati | The goddess of letters and arts; the name of a river, commonly, Saraswati or Sursootee. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 674 |
| Istihsan | Approving in law a favourable construction or interpretation of a point of law, deviating from the strict... | 674 |
| Satiwar | The place where a widow has been burned by way of sati, sometimes marked by a peculiar monument. [Wilson’s... | 674 |
| Patita | A prostitute. An outstate. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 673 |
| Guru | Hindu spiritual teacher. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 673 |
| Asl | The original or principal thing, Asl jama: the Land Revenue as distinct from the extras, ceases, etc;... | 673 |
| Sari | Woman’s garment. The long piece of cloth that a Bengali woman wears. A Hindu woman’s chief garment.... | 673 |
| Akhiri | Last, final. | 672 |