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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ail | Boundary of a plot of land.[45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 142] | 366 |
| Ajat-putra | A man to whom no son has been born (and who has therefore power to adopt one).[P Ramanatha Aiyer’s... | 369 |
| Pala | Turn of worship of a duty. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial Dictionary] | 370 |
| Lagan | A yearly fee, a cash-rent. [Baden Powell’s Land System in British India] Lagan also denotes floatable... | 371 |
| Bandobast | Agreement, settlement, bargain, adjustmen, arrangement. Settlement of revenue to be paid by the zaminder,... | 372 |
| Darbar | a court of a king or chief; ceremonial assembly for state purposes, justice, etc; the court; the members... | 372 |
| Fatawa | A collection or digest of judicial of judicial decisions. The best known is the fatawa Alamgiri, complied... | 374 |
| Jail Hajat | See Hajat. | 374 |
| Jagir, Jaghir | An assignment of the Government revenue on a tract of land to families, individuals, or public officers.... | 375 |
| Hajib-nuksan | In Mohammadan law, partial exclusion with respect to inheritance, or substitution of one share to another,... | 377 |