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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ghar | House. | 507 |
| Aila or ila | a vow; in Mohammadan law specially a vow to abstain from carnal knowledge of a wife for four months,... | 508 |
| Laan | Divorce upon accusation of adultery by the husband, to be confirmed by him by his imprecating upon her... | 508 |
| Dakhilkar | Dakhilkar- The word is commonly used in the upper part of India as meaning a tenant with occupancy rights.... | 509 |
| Madrasa | A College, an academy. [Wilson’s Glossary] A place for reading, a school. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 509 |
| Fatawa | A collection or digest of judicial of judicial decisions. The best known is the fatawa Alamgiri, complied... | 511 |
| Ejmali | See Ijmali. | 512 |
| Fakir | The word fakir means a religious man who devotes his life to meditation and spiritual exercises. A poor... | 513 |
| Ijara-nama | A lease, any document under which a lease or farm is held. [Wilson’s glossary] | 513 |
| Gaddi | A pillow; but used as throne. The seat of sovereignty or chief ship; the state cushion or throne spoken... | 515 |