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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dakhildar | An occupant, either in his own right, or as a manager or trustee. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 337 |
| Hindi | An Indian vernacular language; the language spoken by far the largest portion of the population in Northern... | 203 |
| Huka | An Indian pipe. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 184 |
| Ijma | An assemblage, a Court; a dogmatic opinion deliveredby a council of doctors.[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The... | 182 |
| Ata | An appointed allowance or gratuity to soldiers and ministers of law or religion.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 198 |
| Barga | An agreement by which the cultivator engages to pay the landlord half the produce, the latter providing... | 215 |
| Dalal | An agent between buyer and seller, a broker, a salesman. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 330 |
| Dakhil-nakla | An additional or supplementary subordinate village, or sub-division of a Mauza. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 319 |
| Khata | an account book or paper, a daybook. The holding or plot held by a tenant.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 254 |
| Khairat | Alms, charity; lands given as charitable endowments. The term is more especially applicable to grants... | 182 |