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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Title	Details	Hits

Immoveable Property	"immoveable property" shall include land, benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth,...	390
Implied Authority	An authority is said to be implied when it is to be inferred from the circumstances of the case; and...	430
Impressed Stamp	"impressed stamp" includes— (a) labels affixed and impressed by the proper officer, arid (b) Stamps...	411
Imprisonment	"imprisonment" shall mean imprisonment of either description as defined in the Penal Code. [See, section...	372
Imprisonment for Life	In the punishment of imprisonment for life, the imprisonment shall be rigorous. [See, explanation to...	681
Improvement	"Improvement" means any work which adds to the letting value of land, and includes the following, namely:—...	390
Incestuous Adultery	"incestuous adultery" means adultery omitted by a husband with a woman with whom, if his wife were dead,...	256
Income	"income" includes— (a) any income, profits or gains, from whatever source derived, chargeable to tax...	236
Increment to Island	It is hereby declared that when any islands shall, under the provisions of clause 3, section 4, of Regulation...	262
Indecent	"indecent" includes whatsoever may amount to any incentive to sensuality and excitement of impure thoughts...	329

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