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
| Title | Details | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| Hakk | True; a just or legal right or claim. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A just claim, right,... | 206 |
| Abadi | The part of village lands on which dwellings are erected. [Wilson’s Glossary] A house site in a village... | 918 |
| Lakshmi | The wife of Vishnu, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 356 |
| Benami | Transactions in sale of land, etc., designed to conceal the real owner, wherein one person’s name appears... | 355 |
| Hat | A market, a movable market, one held only on certain days in a week, affair. A hat is a benefit arising... | 242 |
| Bainanama or Bainapatra | An agreement for sale. Also written as Baynanama or Baynapatra. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 1368 |
| Bahadur | A hero, a warrior; atitle fo honour given to nobles under the Muhammadan Government, and now to distinguished... | 320 |
| Benami | Nameless, fictitious, fraudulent; as a purchase under a false name, or land held in another name than... | 262 |
| Gram | Village. | 185 |
| Madrasa | A College, an academy. [Wilson’s Glossary] A place for reading, a school. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 364 |