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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fatawa-i-Alamgiri | “The Fatwa-i-Alamgiri is a work of great authority in Mahomedan law, and was commenced in the year... | 728 |
| Shukrana | Praise, acknowledgment, thanks a complementary or greatful present; a fee or present paid by the party... | 751 |
| Agachha | means useless or valueless for fruit bearing or timber purposes. Trees such as bear useful fruit bearing... | 781 |
| Sadr nizamat adalat | The chief Criminal Court under the East India Company. | 831 |
| Kabala | Any deed conveyance or transfer of right or property, any contract of bargain or sale signed by a judge,... | 855 |
| Firisti | Firisti is a list showing therein entry of the documents to be adduced as evidence in a particular case... | 983 |
| Solenama | A solenama is a popular legal terminology in Bangladesh, highly used to denote a compromise degree. Solenama... | 1010 |
| Surathal, Surat-i-hal | A representation or report of the facts and circumstances of a transaction, whether made by an individual... | 1029 |
| Abhaya-patra | A written document in assurance of safety, a safe conduct. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 1046 |
| Hiba and Ariyat | If it is a gift of the corpus, then any condition which derogates from absolute dominion over the subject... | 1070 |