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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kalimah | See Khalimah. | 210 |
| Benamdar | See Benami. | 214 |
| Jama-bandi | Settlement of the amount of revenue assessed upon an estate, a village, or district; a village or district... | 405 |
| Kismat | Share, distribution; share of prosperity, or the like allotted to each person in life; hence fate, fortune:... | 207 |
| Dustkhat | Signature. | 258 |
| Bhagnipati | Sister’s husband. | 299 |
| Dattak | Son is one given in adoption by father or mother. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 298 |
| Khilafat | Sovereignty, the office of Khalif. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 172 |
| Kist | Stated payment, installment of rent. Installment or portion or amount paid as an installment; the period... | 187 |
| Chitha | Statement of cattle of a village (one of the annual papers prepared by patwari). [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 348 |