Glossary - M
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Title | Details | Hits |
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Mahbas | A prison, a place of confinement. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 177 |
Mahbas-khana | A jail, a prison. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 164 |
Mahila | A woman; a married woman. | 193 |
Mahr | A marriage settlement of property on the wife; it is a necessary concomitant of a contract of marriage... | 225 |
Mahr-nama or Mahr-nameh | A deed of dower or settlement; the document in which it is specified. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 255 |
Mahram | Anyone to whom the women’s apartments are open. [P Ramanatha Aiyer’s The Law Lexicon] | 184 |
Mahrana | A fee paid to the Kazi at a wedding. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 186 |
Makan | A place, a station, an office. [Wilson’s Glossary] | 175 |
Makandar | An officer, a place-man. In the south of India it is commonly applied to a person in charge of, or having... | 202 |
Mal | goods; wealth; property of any description; money; revenue. | 197 |
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