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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sankhayana | A great Hindu Sage and writer of an important Smriti that bears his name. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 203 |
| Masjid | A mosque, a place of worship. Masjid- A Muhammadan chuch. The first Masjid was built on the spot where... | 203 |
| Mubarat | Separation by mutual consent. Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent, putting away a wife, dissolving... | 203 |
| Shajja | A wound, a personal injury short of destroying life; wound of ten kinds are recognized by Mohammadan... | 203 |
| Mukarrari-dar | The occupant of a form or estate paying a fixed and permanent rate of rent or revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 203 |
| Shia, Shiah | A sect amongst Mohammadans, followers of Ali, son-in-law of Mohammad. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 203 |
| Munsif | A justice; an arbitrator, a judge. Under the British Government the term is applied to the native Judge... | 204 |
| Shubha | Doubt, suspicion; in law a legal defect, a flaw what may be pleaded in Bar of punishment; also anything... | 204 |
| Karz | Debt; In Mohammadan law, besides the general sense, it implies a loan to be repaid by something dissimilar,... | 204 |
| Sijdah | Adoration, prostration, an attitude in prayer. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 204 |