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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rusum | Customs, customary commissions, gratuities, fees or perquisites. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law] ... | 200 |
| Salisnama | An agreement to refer to arbitration. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as an award. [AIR 1950... | 200 |
| Sangam | Meeting, the confluence of two rivers. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 200 |
| Saptapadi | An essential part of a Hindu marriage being the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride... | 200 |
| Imam | A head or chief in religious matters, whether he be the head of all Mohammadans, as the Khalif, or the... | 200 |
| Shikdar; shikkdar | A revenue officer or collector appointed either by the government or a zamindar to collect the revenue... | 200 |
| Murda | A dead body of a person whose sole is departed. See Lash. | 201 |
| Kirani | See karani. | 201 |
| Patita | A prostitute. An outstate. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 201 |
| Bhara | Hire, wages rent, recompose. In Bengal it is especially the hire of any inanimate thing, and therefore... | 201 |