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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sijdahgah | A place for praying. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 174 |
| Shafi, Shafia | A person having the right of pre-emption. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 169 |
| Sirwan | A person appointed by the owner of a village to superintend its affairs and enforce cultivation. [Wilson’s... | 181 |
| Shadi | A marriage, a wedding; the festive celebration of a proper nikah. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 186 |
| Singh | A lion; a name borne by men of the princely or military caste and Rajputs, and by Sikhs when fighting... | 186 |
| Sawar | A horseman, a horse-soldier; a mounted police-man; and particularly a mounted attendant or messenger... | 215 |
| Senapati | A general; a commander in chief. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 169 |
| Sardarni | A female head of an establishment, commonly applied to a woman who brings up girls for prostitution.... | 201 |
| Saraswati Vilas | A digest on ancient Hindu Law written by Pratap Rudra Deb, King of Orissa. It is a work of great authority... | 229 |
| Sharif, Shereef | A descendent of Mohammad through his daughter Fatima. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 184 |