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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Charge"Charge" includes any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one. [See, section 4 (c),...743
Charge for Admission"Charge for admission" includes any payment made by a person who having been admitted to one part of...783
Chargeable"Chargeable" means, as applied to an instrument executed or first executed after the commencement of...739
Charitable Purposes"Charitable purpose" includes relief of the poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of any...752
Chaukidari Chakran LandsThe words "chaukidari chakran lands" shall mean lands which may have been assigned, otherwise than under...1304
Chaukidari FundThe proceeds of every assessment to be levied under this Act in any village, together with any sum which...765
CheatingWhoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver...728
Cheating by PersonationA person is said to "cheat by personation" if he cheats by pretending to be some other person, or by...833
ChequeA "cheque" is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise...761
Cheque crossed generallyWhere a cheque bears across its face an addition of the words "and company" or any abbreviation thereof,...728