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

Displaying 621-630 of 819 results.
TitleDetailsHits
RajaA king, prince, a title given by the native governments, and in later times by the British Governments,...233
RajabThe seventh moth of the Mohammadan year. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]198
Rajahsee Raja.196
RajakumarThe son of a raja or prince. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]175
RajaputA prince, the son of a Raja.176
RajaswaRevenue, rent. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary]   The word ‘rajaswa’ is wide enough to...224
RajgiSovereignty. [Macnaughten’s Mohammadan Law]239
RamA ram is an uncastrated male sheep. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon]187
RamzanThe ninth month of the Musalman year, Ramazan is observed because the revelation of the Koran began in...194
RasiA rope; a distance of about 80 cubits; a heap of grain or other things. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial...208