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 |
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Salianah | An annual pension. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 171 |
Salishkar | An arbitrator. | 191 |
Sabha | An assembly, an assemblage of persons of rank or respectability, or the place in which they assemble,... | 326 |
Supari | Betel nut. | 250 |
Sadar-Adalat | Chief Court or High Court; sometimes means District Court. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 320 |
Sankalpa | Dedication. | 172 |
Sama-vibhaga | Division of the property amongst the sons in equal shares. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 227 |
Sandhya | Either of the three principal periods of the day, sunrise, noon, sunset; also the religious worship appropriately... | 196 |
Samana, Shoman | Equal, like same. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 202 |
Sansarai | Fee charged by malguzars to those for steeping and retting hemp in water. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 178 |