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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bhumi | Land. | 192 |
| Bidi | Cigarette. | 194 |
| Bigha | a measure of land, varying in extent in different parts of India. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 193 |
| Bismillah | The name of the formula “In the name of God the most merciful,” with which letters and public documents,... | 211 |
| Bita | Lands of a village that have existed from time immemorial, in opposition to lands recently acquired by... | 253 |
| Brahma | (in Hindu religion) the highest object of adoration; the impersonal and absolute divinity. [P Ramanatha... | 231 |
| Buddha | Original meaning is the wise or enlightened one; applied to the historical founder of Buddhism. [P Ramanatha... | 217 |
| Budmash | A scoundrel; a blackguard; a rude fellow. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 206 |
| Budrukh | This is a Persian word signifying great or venerable. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 219 |
| Byabastha | A statute, a law. A written opinion or dictum on a point of Hindu law drawn up by Bandits.[P Ramanatha... | 205 |