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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jama-bandi | Settlement of the amount of revenue assessed upon an estate, a village, or district; a village or district... | 565 |
| Hajib-nuksan | In Mohammadan law, partial exclusion with respect to inheritance, or substitution of one share to another,... | 566 |
| Charcha | A tenant of a tenant. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 568 |
| Sadr-amin | A chief commissioner or arbitrator, a native civil judge. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 568 |
| Eid-al-fitr | The festival of breaking fast, the great Mohammadan holiday held on the 1st day of Shawal, when the Ramzan... | 568 |
| Jaidad | Assets, funds, resources, property, estate. Jaidad usually means immovable property, and when it is used... | 569 |
| Babu | A Hindu title of address, equivalent to Sir or Mr., given to gentlemen, clerks etc. formerly applied... | 570 |
| Chari | Jawar sown close and not suffered to run to seed, but cut unripe, and used as fodder for cattle. [P Ramanatha... | 570 |
| Bagh | A garden, an orchard, a plantation, more particularly a pleasure garden with a summer house or palace,... | 571 |
| Chandai Chauk | The principal market-place of any considerable city. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 574 |