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  2. Kshatriyas and Would-be Kshatriyas - Wikipedia

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    About three years ago the Census Commissioner in India (The Hon. Mr. H H. Risley, C.S, C.S.I.) directed that, for the Census of India, 1901, a scheme should be drawn up classifying the various Hindu castes under the four groups of Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Sudras; and assigning to each caste in these groups its proper position ...

  3. Indian Contract Act, 1872 - Wikipedia

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    Consideration may move from the promisee or any other person. Under Indian law, consideration may be from the promisee of any other person i.e., even a stranger. This means that as long as there is consideration for the promisee, it is immaterial who has furnished it. Consideration must be an act, abstinence or forbearance or a returned promise.

  4. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    When describing the state of Hindi-Urdu under the British Raj, Professor Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa stated that "Truly speaking, Hindi and Urdu, spoken by a great majority of people in north India, were the same language written in two scripts; Hindi was written in Devanagari script and therefore had a greater sprinkling of Sanskrit words ...

  5. Rai (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Rai (Hindi: राय; Urdu: رائے‎; Bengali: রায়; Nepali: राई) [1] is a surname in use since historical times on the Indian subcontinent ...

  6. Interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Interpretation (philosophy), the assignment of meanings to various concepts, symbols, or objects under consideration; Interpretation (logic), an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language; De Interpretatione, a work by Aristotle; Exegesis, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text; Hermeneutics, the study of ...

  7. Consideration - Wikipedia

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    Consideration may move from the promisee or any other person. Under Indian law, consideration may be from the promisee of any other person i.e., even a stranger. This means that as long as there is consideration for the promisee, it is immaterial who has furnished it. Consideration must be an act, abstinence or forbearance or a returned promise.

  8. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  9. Sub judice - Wikipedia

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    In law, sub judice, Latin for "under a judge", means that a particular case or matter is under trial or being considered by a judge or court.The term may be used synonymously with "the present case" or "the case at bar" by some lawyers.