Definition of Kachahri

1. an Indian courthouse [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kachahri

kaboodle
kabook
kaboom
kabooms
kabouter
kabs
kabuki
kabukis
kabure
kabure itch
kabyle
kaccha
kacchas
kacemic acid
kacha
kachahri (current term)
kachahris
kachcha
kacheri
kacheris
kachi-koshi
kachina
kachinas
kack-handed
kadaitcha
kadder
kadders
kaddish
kaddishes
kaddishim

Literary usage of Kachahri

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Folk-lore Record by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"Allahabad Mission Press. 1877. Second Edition. With fresh translations by RC TEMPLE, FRGS, MRAS, etc. NOTE.—"kachahri" is a Law-Court and also the Office of ..."

2. The Roman-Urdu Journal: To Advocate the Use of the Roman Alphabet in by Roman-Urdu Society (1878)
"We do not contemplate any immediate interference with the kachahri system of ... Sooner or later, the reform will ex'end to the kachahri system of writing ..."

3. The Aryan Village in India and Ceylon by John Budd Phear (1880)
"The collections effected by the officers of the village kachahri were handed over to him, and he passed them to a next higher officer. ..."

4. The Village Community: With Special References to the Origin and Form of Its by George Laurence Gomme (1896)
"... Indian custom in kachahri: "whenever a cultivator marries off one of his daughters he pays a fee, called bau, to the landed proprietor of his village. ..."

5. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"... kachahri in addition to Rupees 58 from the zamindars. In return he is held answerable for all robberies in the pargana. In 1846 Sir R. Hamilton mediated ..."

6. The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India by Robert Montgomery Martin (1838)
"... and that this expense ought to induce them to be regular in their payments at the office (kachahri) of the landlord ; and although it seems hard to ..."

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