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

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SailabFlooded or kept permanently moist by a river. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]391
SaktiPower, ability, the personified power of a divinity, the Supreme goddess. [Wilson’s Glossary]391
Salawore, salwareFrock.391
Samani-vriddhiModerate interest. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]391
MahbasA prison, a place of confinement. [Wilson’s Glossary]391
HukaAn Indian pipe. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]391
MahranaA fee paid to the Kazi at a wedding. [Wilson’s Glossary]391
IjmaAn assemblage, a Court; a dogmatic opinion deliveredby a council of doctors.[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The...391
MazdurA labourer. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]391
SaraswatiThe goddess of letters and arts; the name of a river, commonly, Saraswati or Sursootee. [Wilson’s Glossary]391