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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hazari | A commander of a thousand either actually or normally as an honorary title. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 672 |
| Sankalpanama | A deed of gift of assignment according to a previous promise. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 672 |
| Sankha likhita | A great Hindu Sage and writer of an important Smriti that bears his name. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 672 |
| Miras | Inheritance or heritability; property or right obtained by inheritance; ancestral tenure or tenancy.... | 672 |
| Jihad | Mutual effort, a general effort such as Mohammadan preached to exterminate unbelievers; a holy war, a... | 672 |
| Kiraz | Repaying, borrowing, a debt: in law a kind of partnership in which one party advances the capital, the... | 671 |
| Rasidbahi | Account book; generally used with reference to tenancy to tenants’ account book regarding payment of... | 671 |
| Haor | A depression in the soil, liable to remain flooded. [Bad. Pow. iii.448] | 671 |
| Hibamusha | Gift of undefined or undivided property, which is not valid until the property has been separated, and... | 671 |
| Inaam-patta | A deed of grant, a document conveying an assignment of rent-free land. [Wilson’s glossary] | 671 |