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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mokarari | Lease at a fixed rate of rent. The word does not imply perpetuity. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 226 |
| Mukarrari | A tenancy at fixed rent. The word by itself does not imply any permanent interest. [Mitra’s Legal &... | 226 |
| Karma | Destiny or fate as determined by one’s own actions in the past. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 225 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 225 |
| Aputra | Without son; (in Hindu Law) a man who has no son, who has never had, or who has lost an only son, and... | 225 |
| Mahr | A marriage settlement of property on the wife; it is a necessary concomitant of a contract of marriage... | 225 |
| Ilahi | Divine; the title of the era instituted by the emperor Akbar, commencing with the first year of his reign,... | 225 |
| Bhag | A share, a part, a portion, a share in kind; tax, duty, the share of the Government. Share or portion... | 224 |
| Parwana, parwanah | An order, a command, a warrant by a person in authority; a permission or pass. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 224 |
| Rajaswa | Revenue, rent. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] The word ‘rajaswa’ is wide enough to... | 224 |