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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hadd | Punishment, Chastisement, especially by infection of lashes. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 406 |
| Jama-bandi | Settlement of the amount of revenue assessed upon an estate, a village, or district; a village or district... | 405 |
| Dakhilkar | Dakhilkar- The word is commonly used in the upper part of India as meaning a tenant with occupancy rights.... | 401 |
| Sadr-amin | A chief commissioner or arbitrator, a native civil judge. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 401 |
| Ijaradar | Ijaradar is a tenure-holder within the meaning of the expression ‘tenure-holder’ used in the East... | 400 |
| Dag | A lot or portion of an estate which has been measured, and of which the measurement is recorded in the... | 398 |
| Faraiz | The legal knowledge of dividing inheritance according to the Muhammadan law. [Mitra’s Legal & Commercial... | 397 |
| Futwa or futwah | (see Fatawa) A judicial decree, sentence, order or judgment: particularly when delivered by a Mufti or... | 397 |
| Eid-al-fitr | The festival of breaking fast, the great Mohammadan holiday held on the 1st day of Shawal, when the Ramzan... | 395 |
| Babu, Baboo | A general title of respect attached to natives in Bengal. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 391 |