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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jamadar | The chief or leader of any number of persons, in military language, a native subaltern officer, second... | 651 |
| Muezzin | The officer who chants the Azan. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 651 |
| Kaji, Kazi | A judge under the Mohmmadan rule. | 650 |
| Namazgah | A place of prayer, the part of a mosque where the prayers are said. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 650 |
| Nazim | The chief officer of a province. A viceroy or Governor. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 650 |
| Baghichadar | owner of a grove; allowed to be plot or sub-proprietor of it. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British... | 650 |
| Pashali | Local weapon. | 650 |
| Pirmushid | An aged instructor. A family priest. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 650 |
| Rajab | The seventh moth of the Mohammadan year. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 650 |
| Rasm | Custom, usage, law. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 650 |