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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diwani | The civil administration, office of Diwan, as opposed to the Nizamat or Foujdari, the military and criminal... | 296 |
| Dustkhat | Signature. | 257 |
| Eid-al-fitr | The festival of breaking fast, the great Mohammadan holiday held on the 1st day of Shawal, when the Ramzan... | 395 |
| Ejarah | A farm of land, or rather of its revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 411 |
| Ejmali | See Ijmali. | 366 |
| Ekrarnama | The deed of re conveyance. Right of repurchase is not transferable. Ekrarnama is not a deed of conveyance;... | 1305 |
| Fakir | The word fakir means a religious man who devotes his life to meditation and spiritual exercises. A poor... | 356 |
| Faraiz | The legal knowledge of dividing inheritance according to the Muhammadan law. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 397 |
| Farazi | The name of a sect of Muhammadan reformers. | 322 |
| Fard Lakhiraj | Statement or revenue free-holdings. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 302 |