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 |
|---|---|---|
| Munshiana | The practice of Munshiana at the Lahore bar is that a litigant pays counsel for his clerk, or pays to... | 214 |
| Munsif-katcheri | The Munsif court or office. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 170 |
| Maghrib namaz | The fourth prayer of Musalman day. | 329 |
| Muquarrari | see Mukarrari. | 199 |
| Muntakhib | An abstract of the documents, in the older Survey records (N.W.P.) system being a list of names, with... | 180 |
| Munshi | A writer, a secretary. The word is very commonly used among Europeans to denote a teacher of Arabic,... | 190 |
| Murshid | A teacher, a spiritual guide, member of the higher order in a brotherhood of fakirs. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 207 |
| Musafirkhana | A rest house for travelers, a sarai. The name among Hindus is dharmasala. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 185 |
| Murda | A dead body of a person whose sole is departed. See Lash. | 201 |
| Shikdari | The office of the revenue collector termed Shikdar. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 212 |