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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abdar | A servant whose office it is to prepare water for domestic use or for drinking. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 890 |
| Budmash | A scoundrel; a blackguard; a rude fellow. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 205 |
| Hakim | A sage, a physician. A Governor, a Judge, a Muhammadan magistrate, Commander, ruler, master. [P Ramanatha... | 349 |
| Chowdhury or Chaudhari | A rural nobleman; a land-officer in ancient time: sometimes having considerable influence; now applied... | 333 |
| Badshahee Sanad | A royal grant, a written document conveying lands or titles from the ruling power. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 428 |
| Amin | A revenue surveyor, land measurer, etc. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 182 |
| Amin-fauzdar | A revenue assessor of a pargana under the Mughal Empire.[Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] | 212 |
| Anjali | A respectful mode of salutation. As much grain as can be held by the two hands put together. A handful... | 225 |
| Kharij dakhila | A rent receipt in respect of a separated portion of the tenancy.[Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 193 |
| Daftar | A record, a register, the whole body of papers pertaining to an office; the record of a case. [P Ramanatha... | 443 |