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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stridhan, Stridhana | According to Hindu Law, stridhan means such property of a woman over which she has full and unrestricted... | 244 |
| Stri | A woman, a wife, a female. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 195 |
| Sthol, Sthala | Spot, site place, firm ground, whence, in some of dialects, a field, a portion of land, comprising several... | 188 |
| Sthapati | An architect. A carpenter, wheel wright, a mason, a master carpenter or mason; a guard of the female... | 278 |
| Sthan | Place, sir, station, an open place in town, also the residence of a religious mendicant; also a staying,... | 193 |
| Sruti | Hearing, applied especially to the Vedas collectively in contradiction to the Smriti law. [Wilson’s... | 214 |
| Sriti | See Smriti. | 168 |
| Sridhana | Woman’s separate property in Hindu Law. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 212 |
| Sri Rama | One of the Avathars of Vishnu; Rama whose name in this form is also used as a term of salutation between... | 212 |
| Sradha | An obsequial ceremony in which food and water are offered to diseased ancestors of the offerer, or to... | 243 |