单词 | patta |
释义 | pattan. In India: a title deed to a property or piece of land, esp. one which contains an official assessment of the amount of revenue collectable from it. Also: a document given by a landlord to a tenant detailing the amount of rent due and other terms of tenure. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > lease patta1754 lease1893 1754 Bengal Public Consultations in C. R. Wilson Indian Rec. Series (1906) II. 7 General Abstract..Shewing under one distinct View the number of Pottahs..in each district. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 101/1 My house is in Calcutta, in Huzreymull's garden... Have you got the potta? 1807 J. E. Colebrook Digest of regulations & Laws under Presidency of Bengal II. 7 Refusing to give Pottahs to the tenant, shall pay a fine equal to the tenant's expense and trouble. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iii. 388 Prescribed forms of leases, in India known by the name of pottahs. 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 318/2 Pattas have been the subject of frequent legislation. 1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §357 The ryots in India appear to have frequently taken pottahs from the zemindars. 1896 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 11 48 First, they enacted by law that the landlords must give the village ‘tenants’ definite written ‘pottahs,’ specifying what the rent was. 1956 Far Eastern Surv. 25 6/2 Each janmi is given a patta certificate for all of his holdings in one village, stating their classification, area, survey number, and revenue assessment. If a janmi's holdings in one village are extensive..he may be issued two, three, or even a dozen pattas. 1973 Mod. Asian Stud. 7 478 In 1900..rather more than 70 per cent of all the ryotwari pattas issued by the government were for the payment of less than Rs 10 per annum in land revenue. 2003 Indian Express (Nexis) 23 Jan. She would have been hailed for saving Mathura's mosque and for distributing pattas of land. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754 |
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