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 |
|---|---|---|
| Babu | A Hindu title of address, equivalent to Sir or Mr., given to gentlemen, clerks etc. formerly applied... | 516 |
| Dag | A lot or portion of an estate which has been measured, and of which the measurement is recorded in the... | 516 |
| Chari | Jawar sown close and not suffered to run to seed, but cut unripe, and used as fodder for cattle. [P Ramanatha... | 514 |
| Badrakh | Safe conduct under armed protection; a guide, an agent.[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 512 |
| Dajjal | The Shiah anti-christ; a power that is to appear and work for evil for forty years till the re-appearance... | 512 |
| Baghayati | Fit for, or relating to, garden cultivation; Land having much garden ground; raised on garden ground.... | 511 |
| Carta | A charter or written instrument. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 510 |
| Charcha | A tenant of a tenant. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 508 |
| Ejarah | A farm of land, or rather of its revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 507 |
| Chamar | A man of a low caste, whose business is working in hides and leather, a curvier, tanner, shoemaker, a... | 506 |