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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bandhu | A friend; a relation, a kinsman in general. In law, a cognate kinsman in a remote degree. [54 All 698] | 333 |
| Kila | A fort, a fortress, a castle, a hill fort. | 193 |
| Asura | A form of Hindu marriage in Hindu law. Asura Marriage is a marriage where the bride’s father or any... | 244 |
| Jangal or Jongol | A forest, a ticket; any tract overrun with bushes or trees, or suffered to be overspread with vegetation.... | 244 |
| Khet | A field, a tract of land especially fit for cultivation; a cultivated field; an agricultural division... | 197 |
| Dasi | a female slave; Devadasi is a woman dedicated to a temple. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 319 |
| Ejarah | A farm of land, or rather of its revenue. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 412 |
| Kalam | A farm house, a granary. | 198 |
| Bhedi | A dyke, an embankment. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 184 |
| Kabinnama, Kabin-nama | A dowry deed. A deed of dower in a Mahommedan marriage; a marriage settlement. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 1358 |