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

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TitleDetailsHits
ParishankhanStatistics.187
ParsiA fire-worshipper. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]194
PartaLand revenue rate. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]223
Parwana, parwanahAn order, a command, a warrant by a person in authority; a permission or pass. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial...224
PashaliLocal weapon.168
PathanThis name a s used in India includes all the natives of the country commonly called Afganistan, and also...189
PatitUncultivated land.175
PattaA deed of lease by the landlord to the tenant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]195
PattiA share or division of land, village or estate. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]195
PatwariThe village registrar and accountant. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]202