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.

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Dependants	"Dependants" mean such persons as a person against whom a maintenance order is made is liable to maintain...	310
Depositor	"Depositor" means a person by whom, or on whose behalf, money has been heretofore, or shall be hereafter,...	320
Descendant	The expression "descendants" of any ancestor shall extend to all persons who must trace their descent...	329
Descent	The word "descent" shall mean the title to inherit land by reason of consanguinity, as well where the...	325
Desert (to)	to "desert", together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to desert the other...	333
Deserter	A person shall be deemed to be a deserter if he without authority has been absent from duty for a period...	321
Desertion	"Desertion" implies abandonment against the wish of the person charging it. [See section 3(9), the Divorce...	299
Desertion	A person is guilty of desertion within the meaning of this Ordinance if he leaves or fails to attend...	301
Design	"Design" means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to any article...	304
Detention Order	"Detention order" means an order of detention made under section 3. [See section 2(c), the Special Powers...	296

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