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

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TitleDetailsHits
SalianahAn annual pension. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]171
SalishkarAn arbitrator.191
SabhaAn assembly, an assemblage of persons of rank or respectability, or the place in which they assemble,...326
SupariBetel nut.250
Sadar-AdalatChief Court or High Court; sometimes means District Court. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]320
SankalpaDedication.172
Sama-vibhagaDivision of the property amongst the sons in equal shares. [Wilson’s Glossary]227
SandhyaEither of the three principal periods of the day, sunrise, noon, sunset; also the religious worship appropriately...196
Samana, ShomanEqual, like same. [Wilson’s Glossary]202
SansaraiFee charged by malguzars to those for steeping and retting hemp in water. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The...178