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Zerait

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Zerait, is used to denote all lands in direct cultiva-tion of an indigo planter for cultivation of indigo as distinguished from cultivation of indigo by raiyats, Santokhi Mandar v. Rameshwar Singh, 114 Ind Cas 469: AIR 1929 Pat 41.

The word 'zerait' means proprietor's private lands, AIR 1925 Pat 241.

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