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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hakk | True; a just or legal right or claim. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A just claim, right,... | 206 |
| Saiyd | A lord; the designation of the descendants of Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet. There are Sunni as... | 206 |
| Malik Ala | Superior proprietor. | 206 |
| Sharh-i-vikayah | A work on Muhammadan Law. “The Vikayah which was written in the seventh century of the Hijrah, by Burhanash-Shariyat... | 206 |
| Musalman | A believer, a Mohammad. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 205 |
| Koran | The sacred book of the Mohammadans, and considered by them to be the fountain head of all science, knowledge... | 205 |
| Pargana | A tract of a country comprising many villages; a revenue district. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]... | 205 |
| Budmash | A scoundrel; a blackguard; a rude fellow. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 205 |
| Byabastha | A statute, a law. A written opinion or dictum on a point of Hindu law drawn up by Bandits.[P Ramanatha... | 205 |
| Munsif | A justice; an arbitrator, a judge. Under the British Government the term is applied to the native Judge... | 204 |