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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fasid | Invalid, Irregular. A muslim marriage contracted without witness is fasid, that is, irregular, but not... | 696 |
| Nikah Registrar | Nikah Registrar is neither a Government servant nor he is in the service of the Republic but he is a... | 697 |
| Sadar | A town. Chief, supreme, highest. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] Principal, chief; eminence,... | 697 |
| Pandhri | A tax on agriculture formerly levied in villages. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 698 |
| Fatawa-i-Serajiah | “The highest authority on the law of inheritance amongst the Sunnis of India is the Sirajiyah, which... | 699 |
| Amal-Guzar | A collector of revenue.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 702 |
| Ijara | A lease or farm of land revenue other proprietary right as distinguished from patta or lease of land... | 702 |
| Aila or ila | a vow; in Mohammadan law specially a vow to abstain from carnal knowledge of a wife for four months,... | 703 |
| Kafir | An unbeliever, one who does not accept the teaching of Mohammad. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 703 |
| Idgah | A platform, sometimes screened or enclosed by a brick wall, where Mahomedans assemble for occasional... | 707 |