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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abhaya-patra | A written document in assurance of safety, a safe conduct. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 878 |
| Chapatie | A weapon. | 423 |
| Aila or ila | a vow; in Mohammadan law specially a vow to abstain from carnal knowledge of a wife for four months,... | 349 |
| Basti, Bustee | A village, a town, any inhabited place. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 193 |
| Abda | A term used in Eastern Bengal and Chittagong to denote the period during which a party who reclaims waste... | 930 |
| Asmani-Farmani | A term used formerly in deeds and lease, providing for any incidents or injuries arising from calamitous... | 231 |
| Bharatiya | a tenant, a renter. | 191 |
| Charcha | A tenant of a tenant. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 415 |
| Hal Hasila | A tenant holding when the rent is according to the crop obtained (hasil) at each harvest (hal, now, for... | 262 |
| Amani | A system of land revenue under which the Government share of the produce is taken in kind. The term is... | 225 |