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Khewat, A register of proprietorship in which names of zamindars, their zamindari, their status, land revenue etc., were enumerated. Prior to the commencement of the UPZA and L.R. Act, 1950, there used to be two records of rights for each village Khewat and Khatauni, but now there is only one record of rights, that a khatauni 'proprietary land' or the land revenue assessed on that land, Daya v. Budh Ram, AIR 1925 Lah 127.