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In Hindu law. Landkeeper. An officer who under the Mohammedan government was charged with the financial superintendence of the lands of a district, the protection of the cultivators, and the realization of the government's share of its produce, either in money or kind. Wharton. … [Read more...]

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A witness who shows far more than expected enthusiasm when providing testimony. This may be the case when a witness may have a bias in favor of or against a party. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition An untechnical term denoting a witness, on the trial of a cause, who manifests a partiality for the side calling him, and an eager readiness to tell anything which he … [Read more...]

This word is commonly taken in a bad sense, as denoting a separatist from the Church of England, or a fanatic. Brown. … [Read more...]