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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dastakana | Free or remuneration to the officer who serves a writ or summons. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 345 |
| Baghayati | Fit for, or relating to, garden cultivation; Land having much garden ground; raised on garden ground.... | 420 |
| Firisti | Firisti is a list showing therein entry of the documents to be adduced as evidence in a particular case... | 776 |
| Akhir or Akher | Final, last, end. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 200 |
| Ijaradari | Farming, contracting for rent or revenue; an abwab or cess formerly levied on lands or districts let... | 456 |
| Gotro | Family lineage, relationship by descent from a common ancestor of the same name. [Wilson’s glossary] | 210 |
| Kharach | Expenditure, disbursement, the debit side of an account paper.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 189 |
| Iwaz | Exchange, consideration. | 197 |
| Dakhil | Entrance, taking possession, entry of an item, in a deed or register, a receipt for money, annexation... | 387 |
| Dakhil daftar | Entered upon record, which is equivalent to being laid on the table, or postponed indefinitely; struck... | 1320 |