(India, historical) A document specifying the conditions on which lands are held; a lease or other document securing rights in land or house property.
(India, historical) A document specifying the conditions on which lands are held; a lease or other document securing rights in land or house property.
Add your own interpretation of "pottah".
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with P.
An Indian legal and agricultural term for a leaseholder or registered holder of a land parcel — a person whose name appears on a patta (a land title document or lease). 'Pattadar' is used in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana land records and legal contexts. The pattadar is the recognized tenant or owner-cultivator for purposes of land revenue and legal rights. An important term in South Indian land tenure administration.
(India, historical) An officer who assayed and stamped the money paid as revenue.
(India) A leaseholder.
(India, Pakistan) A catalogue of landholdings.
A document detailing the ownership of such a plot.