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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dafadar | The head of a number of a persons, whether soldiers, police, peons, or labourers. In the native cavalry,... | 1043 |
| Paisa, Paissa | A copper coin, which under the native government, varied considerably in weight and value; in common... | 1045 |
| Nal land | Agriculture land. | 1047 |
| Ijazat-nama | Any written order or permission; also commonly applied in Mohammadan diction to the anumati-patra of... | 1097 |
| Darkhast | a contract, a tender, a representation, an application, a petition. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 1098 |
| Agachha | means useless or valueless for fruit bearing or timber purposes. Trees such as bear useful fruit bearing... | 1101 |
| Chandina Land | Land included within the periphery of a hat or bazaar is usually known as “Chandina land”. “Chandina”... | 1125 |
| Adalat | Court of justice; justice; equity. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] Adalat means a court of justice.... | 1158 |
| Santan | Offspring, descendants, issues. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] The word ‘Santan’ as... | 1178 |
| Sadr nizamat adalat | The chief Criminal Court under the East India Company. | 1244 |