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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Title	Details	Hits

Joint Undivided Estate	"joint undivided estate" means an estate of which two or more persons are proprietors. [See, section...	485
Judge	The word "Judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every...	486
Judgment	"judgment" means the statement given by the Judge of the grounds of a decree or order. [See, section...	525
Judgment-Debtor	"judgment-debtor" means any person against whom a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution...	503
Judicial Proceedings	"judicial proceeding" includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken...	505
Judicial Service	"judicial service" means a service comprising persons holding judicial posts not being posts superior...	440
Just Cause	Just cause shall be deemed to exist where— (a) the proceedings to obtain the grant were defective in...	509
Juvenile Court	"Juvenile Court" means a Court established under section 3. [See, section 2 (i), the Children Act, 1974...	508
Juvenile Offender	In this section the expression "juvenile offender" means an offender whom the Court, after making such...	521
Juvenile Worker	"juvenile worker" means a worker who is not adult. [See, section 2(7), the Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961...	287

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