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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iwaz-nama | Deed of exchange. | 202 |
| Iwaz | Exchange, consideration. | 197 |
| Istihsan | Approving in law a favourable construction or interpretation of a point of law, deviating from the strict... | 193 |
| Istafa | A surrender or relinquishment, as by a tenant to the landlord. A deed of surrender. [ILR 26 Cal29] | 217 |
| Ishtihar | Notice, public notice, proclamation, advertisement.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 214 |
| Inam | A grant by government, often revenue-free.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] A gift, a benefaction... | 210 |
| Inaam-patta | A deed of grant, a document conveying an assignment of rent-free land. [Wilson’s glossary] | 211 |
| Imamia | The Shia sect, from their recognising the twelve Imams. [Wilson’s glossary] | 178 |
| Imambara or Imambarah | A building in which the festival of the Moharram is celebrated and services in commemoration of the deaths... | 220 |
| Imam | A head or chief in religious matters, whether he be the head of all Mohammadans, as the Khalif, or the... | 200 |