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 |
|---|---|---|
| Muharram | The name of the first month of the Mohammadan year. The mourning festival observed in that month by the... | 221 |
| Sheristadar | Keeper of records; highest ministerial officer of the court. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 221 |
| Kharij Jama | The word imports that the owner of the Kharil jama is an independent proprietor. [AIR 1926 Pat 152] | 222 |
| Nizamat | The office of Nizam. As an adjective Nizamat means criminal, as opposed to diwani or civil as the Nizam... | 222 |
| Parta | Land revenue rate. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 222 |
| Ariyat | A loan of anything which is itself to be returned. Land or orchards of which the owner allows others... | 222 |
| Goonda | Scoundrel. A dangerous and desperate person. [AIR 1960 Punj 332.] | 222 |
| Hartal | Hartal is means of protest by the people at large or by a group of a particular class of society. It... | 222 |
| Sar-kanungo | A chief kanungo, the provincial or district registrar and accountant. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 222 |
| Parda | A veil, a screen, a curtain, especially one which excludes the woman of a family from the gaze of men.... | 223 |