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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ana, Anna | The sixteenth part of a taka. | 165 |
| Anadi-bhumi | Land transferred by mortgage. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 191 |
| Anjali | A respectful mode of salutation. As much grain as can be held by the two hands put together. A handful... | 226 |
| Anna | See Ana. | 223 |
| 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 |
| Ariyat | A loan of anything which is itself to be returned. Land or orchards of which the owner allows others... | 222 |
| Hiba and Ariyat | If it is a gift of the corpus, then any condition which derogates from absolute dominion over the subject... | 851 |
| Artha | Money. | 219 |
| Artha Rin Adalat | Artha Rin Adalat is a Civil Court having all the powers and jurisdiction under the Civil Court having... | 1062 |
| Arz | Petition, representation. In Mahommadan law personal property except money. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 243 |