Legislative Dictionary

The Parliament of Bangladesh is the supreme law making authority and it has either adopted or enacted as many as 956 Acts, Ordinances and Orders till January, 2007 and in these laws hundreds of words have been defined or interpreted or explained to give effect to the true meaning of the laws. In this dictionary, we have included basically the terms which are defined in English [from 1987, the laws of Bangladesh have been being enacted in Bengali with some exception] and gradually we shall include all the terms defined or interpreted or explained in the laws of the land.

Legislative Dictionary

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Convicted Criminal Prisoner"Convicted criminal prisoner" means any criminal prisoner under sentence of a Court or Court-martial,...297
Copyright"Copyright" means the exclusive right to apply a design to any article in any class in which the design...273
Corrupt PracticeA person is guilty of corrupt practice punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend...269
CounterfeitA person is said to "counterfeit" who causes one thing to resemble another thing, intending by means...288
Counterfeiting a Government stampA person commits this offence who counterfeits by causing a genuine stamp of one denomination to appear...312
Counterfeiting CoinA person commits this offence who intending to practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception...284
Court"Court" means any court of law including Supreme Court. [See article 152 (1), the Constitution of the...266
Court of JusticeThe words "Court of Justice" denote a Judge who is empowered by law to act judicially alone, or a body...289
Court of Sessions"Court of Sessions" includes a metropolitan Court of Sessions. [See section 4 (hh), the Criminal Procedure...292
Court of Small Causes"Court of Small causes" means a Court of Small Causes constituted under this Act, and includes any person...360