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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salianah | An annual pension. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 543 |
| Koti | Ten millions; a hundred lakhs, or ten hundred thousands; commonly termed a kror or Crore.[Wilson’s... | 544 |
| Bigha | a measure of land, varying in extent in different parts of India. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 544 |
| Raj | Government, sovereignty. A kingdom. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] | 544 |
| Hazrat | Presence, dignity; a title of honour. A title given to a prince or person of rank, equivalent to Your... | 544 |
| Imam | A head or chief in religious matters, whether he be the head of all Mohammadans, as the Khalif, or the... | 544 |
| Shoshan | A place set apart in which the dead are burned. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 545 |
| Sikh | The name of a religious sect founded in Punjab at the end of the fifteenth century by Nanak Shah, a Hindu... | 545 |
| Pundit | A learned Brahman. | 545 |
| Purdah | See parda. | 545 |