zamindari

Noun

Meaning

The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.

Examples

For the next two decades this document was regularly augmented. citation Its judicial sections were used in the law courts of the English Settlement in Bengal as Hindu Law for adjudicating upon property disputes of the zamindari. Source: Internet

Rammohun's mother, however, had not forgiven him and ironically from 1817 a series of lawsuits were filed accusing Rammohun of apostasy with the object of severing him from the family zamindari. Source: Internet

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