Legislative Dictionary

The Parliament of Bangladesh is the supreme law making authority and it has either adopted or enacted as many as 956 Acts, Ordinances and Orders till January, 2007 and in these laws hundreds of words have been defined or interpreted or explained to give effect to the true meaning of the laws. In this dictionary, we have included basically the terms which are defined in English [from 1987, the laws of Bangladesh have been being enacted in Bengali with some exception] and gradually we shall include all the terms defined or interpreted or explained in the laws of the land.

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Codicil	"Codicil" means an instrument made in relation to a will and explaining, altering or adding to its dispositions,...	324
Coercion	"Coercion" is the committing, or threatening to commit, any act forbidden by the Penal Code or the unlawful...	362
Cognizable Case	"Cognizable offence" means an offence for, and "cognizable case" means a case in, which a police-officer,...	306
Coin	Coin is metal used for the time being as money, and stamped and issued by the authority of some State...	313
Collateral Consanguinity	(1) Collateral consanguinity is that which subsists between two persons who are descended from the same...	342
Collective Bargaining Agent	"Collective bargaining agent", relation to an establishment or industry, means the trade union of workmen...	492
Company	"Company" means a company formed and registered under this Act or an existing company. [See section 2...	305
Competent Witness	In all civil proceeding the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to the suit, shall...	320
Complaint	"Complaint" means the allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking...	300
Complete Usufractuary Mortgage	"Complete usufractuary mortgage" means a transfer by a tenant of the right of possession in any land...	376

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