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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fetwah | See Fatawa. A judicial decision, a written opinion on a point of law; especially that delivered by the... | 203 |
| Firisti | Firisti is a list showing therein entry of the documents to be adduced as evidence in a particular case... | 776 |
| Follok | Two pieces of bamboo used for pressing the limbs by way of torture. [45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 241 |
| Foujdari or Foujdarry | The office or jurisdiction of a Foujdar or criminal Magistrate or Judge. Anything appertains to a Foujdar,... | 230 |
| Foujdarry Court | A court for administering the criminal law. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 228 |
| Futwa or futwah | (see Fatawa) A judicial decree, sentence, order or judgment: particularly when delivered by a Mufti or... | 397 |
| Gaddi | A pillow; but used as throne. The seat of sovereignty or chief ship; the state cushion or throne spoken... | 352 |
| Gadi | A cushion to sit upon, the ordinary Indian seat; but especially a king’s cushion, a throne. [P Ramanatha... | 360 |
| Gamcha | A long cloth. | 313 |
| Ganatantrik | Democratic. | 321 |