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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asli or Asali | Primary original. Applied to a registered village under the Mohammedan system, in opposition to Dakhili;... | 246 |
| Hazrat | Presence, dignity; a title of honour. A title given to a prince or person of rank, equivalent to Your... | 188 |
| Abhijog | Plaint, complaint, beginning of a suit. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 910 |
| Asthal | Place of residence or abiding , especially the kind of free monastery in which communities of religious... | 226 |
| Haj | Pilgrimage; especially the pilgrimage to Mecca. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 365 |
| Arz | Petition, representation. In Mahommadan law personal property except money. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 243 |
| Amal-sanad | Payment of the revenue by a division of the crop, or in kind; applied also to a village where the revenue... | 221 |
| Dal or Dol | Party. A political party. | 309 |
| Baghichadar | owner of a grove; allowed to be plot or sub-proprietor of it. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British... | 192 |
| Buddha | Original meaning is the wise or enlightened one; applied to the historical founder of Buddhism. [P Ramanatha... | 216 |