Zemindar
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Zemindar [fr. two words signifying earth, land, and holder or keeper], land-keeper. An officer who, under the Mohammedan government, was charged with the financial superintendence of the lands of a district, the protection of the cultivators, and the realization of the government's share of its produce, either in money or kind.-Indian.
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