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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diwani | The civil administration, office of Diwan, as opposed to the Nizamat or Foujdari, the military and criminal... | 297 |
| Jamadar | The chief or leader of any number of persons, in military language, a native subaltern officer, second... | 183 |
| Akar | The assessed rent or revenue of a village or district. Estimate in general. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 215 |
| Hidayah | The Hidayah is a famous work on Muhammadan law. It is a commentary upon the Bidayut-ool-Mubtudee by Shykh... | 194 |
| Koti | Ten millions; a hundred lakhs, or ten hundred thousands; commonly termed a kror or Crore.[Wilson’s... | 182 |
| Abkari | Taxes or duties on the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors, and intoxicating drugs. [P Ramanatha... | 468 |
| Ganji or Genji | T-shirt. | 328 |
| Kifayat | Surplus, profit, advantage; profit or increase in the amount of revenue received by the Government, whether... | 206 |
| Fard Lakhiraj | Statement or revenue free-holdings. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 302 |
| Chitha | Statement of cattle of a village (one of the annual papers prepared by patwari). [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 348 |