| 释义 |
‖ moonsif(f, munsif|ˈmuːnsɪf|
[Urdū, a. Arab. munçif just, honest (pres. pple. of ançafa to be bisected, be impartial, from niçf half).]
A native judge in India.
1812Gloss. to 5th Rep. Sel. Comm. E. Ind. Comp. 31 Munsiff. 1835Macaulay in Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 327 The Shasters and the Hedeya will be useless to a Moonsiff or Sudder Ameen. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 519 It was provided, that the Heads of villages should be Munsifs in their respective villages. 1876Grant Hist. India I. ci. 556/2 Moonsifs, who were at first restricted to hearing cases valued at fifty rupees, were made competent to deal with those of 150. |