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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arz-i mukarrar | A petition or memorial representing the circumstances of a case, a representation to the Royal authority... | 251 |
| Arzi | A petition, an address, a memorial, a respectful statement or representation, whether oral or written.... | 221 |
| Arzi-dasht | A written petition or memorial.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 196 |
| Arzi-dawa | A petition of complaint, the plaint, the first pleading in a suit. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon.] | 230 |
| As-har | Relation by marriage within the degrees on which marriage is prohibited.[Wilson’s Glossary] | 236 |
| Asami | A person who is charged with a crime. A debtor or a defendant, or an acquised (in a law civil suit). | 241 |
| Asar namaz | The third prayer of Musalman day. The afternoon prayer of the Mohammadans to be repeated at any time... | 244 |
| Ashar | A Bangla calendar month. | 196 |
| Ashin | A Bangla calendar month. | 206 |
| Ashrabat | Drinks, but in law applied specially to wines or spirituous liquors products from the fermentation of... | 202 |