foujdarn.
‘In India, an officer of the Moghul Government, who was invested with the charge of the police, and jurisdiction in criminal matters. Also, used in Bengal last [i.e. 18th] century for a criminal judge’ (Yule).
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > India or former colonies
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munsif1779
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1683 W. Hedges Diary 8 Nov. (1887) I. 136 The Fousdar received another Perwanna.
1702 in Wheeler Madras (1861) I. 405 Perwannas directed to all Foujdars.
1763 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation I. 374 The Phousdar of Velore..made overtures, offering to acknowledge Mahomed-ally.
1809 Visct. Valentia Voy. I. viii. 409 The Faojadar, being now in his capital, sent me an excellent dinner of fowls.
1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 8 Nov. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xvi. 419 The ‘Foujdar’ (chatellain) of Suromunuggur.
1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. v. v. 369 The majority..dismissed the fougedar.
Derivatives
ˈfoujdary adj. [Persian] relating to a foujdar.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [adjective] > Indian
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1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India II. v. vi. 413 Each zemindar..was ‘to exercise a fougedary jurisdiction’.
1892 Wharton's Law Lex. Foujdarry-court, a tribunal for administering criminal law. Indian.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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