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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Day	"Day" means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight. [See section 2(d), the Factories Act,...	486
Dealing in the Black-Market	"Dealing in the black-market" means selling or buying anything for purposes of trade at a price higher...	497
Death	The word "death" denotes the death of a human being unless the contrary appears from the context. [See...	487
Debenture	"Debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company, whether constituting...	601
Debt	Debt includes money payable under a decree or order of Court. [See explanation to section 20, the Limitation...	503
Debt and Debt Charge	"Debt" includes any liability in respect of any obligation to repay capital sums by way of annuities...	478
Debtor	"Debtor" includes a judgment debtor. [See section 2(a), the Insolvency Act, 1920 (Act No. V of 1920)]....	340
Debtor's Estate	"Debtor's estate" means the estate in the name of the debtor and also the estate in the name of his wife,...	322
Declaration	A declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of some informality, is a declaration within...	328
Decree	"Decree" means the formal expression of an adjudication which, so far as regards the Court expressing...	316

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