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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saiyd | A lord; the designation of the descendants of Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet. There are Sunni as... | 205 |
| Daroga | A manager, a superintendent, an overseer; particularly the head of custom or exercise station, or of... | 332 |
| Khadim | A mosque servant, or one who has charge of a religious endowment. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 191 |
| Sanad-i-Milkiyat-i-Istimrar | A written authority for the permanent possession of lands or office. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law]... | 265 |
| Kabuliyat | An engagement or agreement in writing. The counterpart of a revenue lease; a written agreement signifying... | 1910 |
| Salis, Salish | An umpire, an arbitrator. [Wilson’s Glossary] An arbitrator; an umpire; a third person who is appointed... | 202 |
| Ijmali | Held in common (as an estate) undivided, not partitioned, settled in common with two or more parties.... | 212 |
| Hali-dakhal | Increase of the actual assessment. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 180 |
| Jihad | Mutual effort, a general effort such as Mohammadan preached to exterminate unbelievers; a holy war, a... | 202 |
| Sama-veda | One of the four Vedas- the primary source of all Hindu Codes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]... | 190 |