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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ata | An appointed allowance or gratuity to soldiers and ministers of law or religion.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 198 |
| Muquarrari | see Mukarrari. | 199 |
| Kaji, Kazi | A judge under the Mohmmadan rule. | 199 |
| Nizam | Administration, also an administrator, a viceroy. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 199 |
| Subahdarry abwab | The imposts or cesses of the Subahdah or viceroy. Viceroyal imposts of Jaffier Khan, Soujah Khan, Aliverdi... | 199 |
| Piashkat raiyat | A non-resident or temporary cultivator. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 199 |
| Patni | A heritable tenure directly under the zamindar. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A patni... | 199 |
| Amdani | Products of the earth, articles of merchandise; generally arriving at market in their fit season, also... | 199 |
| Amil-nama | A written order or warrant to an Amil, a communication to take possession of land in the name of the... | 199 |
| Hijra | Departure from one’s country separation of friends or lovers; whence it gives name to the departure... | 199 |