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.

Displaying 351-360 of 453 results.

Title	Details	Hits

Hat or Bazar	"hat" or "bazar" means any place where persons assemble daily or on particular days in a week primarily...	422
Heir	In the case of a will made or an intestacy occurring on or after the first day of January 1866,"Heir"...	396
High Court	"High Court" shall, as respect any period before the 16th day of December, 1972, mean the High Court...	411
High Court Division	"High Court Division" shall mean the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh constituted...	402
History Ticket	"history-ticket" means the ticket exhibiting such information as is required in respect of each prisoner...	418
Hoarding	"hoarding" means stocking or storing anything in excess of the maximum quantity of that thing allowed...	264
Hold	"Hold" and "Holding" shall be applicable to any vested estate, whether for life or of a greater or less...	267
Holder	The "holder" of a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque means the payee or indorsee who is in possession...	258
Holder in due course	"Holder in due course" means any person who for consideration becomes the possessor of a promissory note,...	290
Holding	"holding" means a parcel or parcels of land or an undivided share thereof, held by a raiyat or an under-raiyat...	254

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