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 |
|---|---|---|
| Khilafat | Sovereignty, the office of Khalif. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 546 |
| Pundit | A learned Brahman. | 546 |
| Purdah | See parda. | 546 |
| Hazrat | Presence, dignity; a title of honour. A title given to a prince or person of rank, equivalent to Your... | 546 |
| Noabad Taluk | Permanent tenure but not a fixed rent. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 547 |
| Sufi | Wise; the name of a sect who outwardly conform to Islam, but have adopted a mystical pantheism resembling... | 547 |
| Ata | An appointed allowance or gratuity to soldiers and ministers of law or religion.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 547 |
| Marsiah | An elegy; especially one recounting the circumstances of the death of Hussain, the third Imam. [P Ramanatha... | 547 |
| Mouza | see Mauza. | 547 |
| Karma | Destiny or fate as determined by one’s own actions in the past. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 548 |