Glossary - M

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MuftiA Mohammadan law officer, whose duty it was to expound the laws which the Kazi was to execute; the later...494
MuhabA gift, the thing given. [Wilson’s Glossary]482
MuhallalLawful, made lawful, that which was not so before; as in law, a woman who having been divorced is married...446
MuhalliOne who makes lawful that was illegal; a man who marries a divorce her when she may be legally remarried...455
MuhammadanSee Mohammadan.464
MuharramThe name of the first month of the Mohammadan year. The mourning festival observed in that month by the...548
MuhassilA tax-gatherer, a bailiff, but applied especially to messengers formerly sent to collect arrears of revenue,...559
MuhazaratIn law suing any one in a court of law; also disposing of expected property, or property in reversion,...526
Mukarrair-jamaA fixed and permanent rate of assessment. [Wilson’s Glossary]428
Mukarrair-pattaA lease for a definite extent of land at a fixed sum, not liable to any extra charge. [Wilson’s Glossary]448