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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hundi | A bill of exchange. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon&Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 216 |
| Dharmasala | A building for the object of any dharma, a place of religious assembly. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law... | 311 |
| Imambara or Imambarah | A building in which the festival of the Moharram is celebrated and services in commemoration of the deaths... | 219 |
| Jaziah | A capitation tax levied on all who refused to become Mohammadans. It was abolished in India by Akbar,... | 306 |
| Badagi | A carpenter. One of the village artisans. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 457 |
| Kayastha | A caste so termed, or a a member or it, sprung from a kshatriya father and Vaisya mother the occupation... | 191 |
| Bainama | a certificate of sale granted by court after confirmationof sale. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 363 |
| Carta | A charter or written instrument. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 412 |
| Kotwal | A chief Officer of Police in a City or Town. Under the native Governments the Kotwal sometimes exercised... | 194 |
| Fatawa | A collection or digest of judicial of judicial decisions. The best known is the fatawa Alamgiri, complied... | 374 |