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 |
|---|---|---|
| Krishak or Krishan | A cultivator, a tiller of soil, a husbandman.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 187 |
| Krishi | Agriculture. | 203 |
| Kubala | See kabala. | 165 |
| Kuzi-ul-kuzat | The principle Kazi under the British government, the head Mohammadan legal officer Sadr Adalats, or courts... | 210 |
| Baghichadar | owner of a grove; allowed to be plot or sub-proprietor of it. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British... | 192 |
| Barat, Burat | A record, a register, a diploma, a warrant, a commission, an assignment or order on the revenue. In the... | 221 |
| Barga | An agreement by which the cultivator engages to pay the landlord half the produce, the latter providing... | 215 |
| Basti, Bustee | A village, a town, any inhabited place. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 193 |
| Batali | A sharp cutting weapon used by carpenters.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 249 |
| Batai | Division of the crop between the cultivator and the landlord or the Government in that capacity. Rent... | 247 |