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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kaza | A Judge, civil or criminal, and ecclesiastical, among the Mohammadans. [Wilson’s glossary] | 177 |
| Kaji, Kazi | A judge under the Mohmmadan rule. | 199 |
| Kha | Second letter from Bangla Letters (Bornomala) that comes after Ka. | 184 |
| Khadi | Any cloth woven on handloom in India from cotton, silk or woolen yarn, handspun in India or from a mixture... | 165 |
| Khadim | A mosque servant, or one who has charge of a religious endowment. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 191 |
| Khairat | Alms, charity; lands given as charitable endowments. The term is more especially applicable to grants... | 182 |
| Khal | Water channel; water course, through which water is carried to one’s land. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 189 |
| Khala | Dissolution of the marriage at the suit of the wife, in which she agrees to make her husband compensation... | 218 |
| Khalif | The successor to sovereign power, especially applied to the successors of Mohammad, who united the characters... | 196 |
| Khalimah | The Muhammadan confession of faith: “There is but not Got, and Muhammadan is the Prophet of God.”... | 188 |