zemindary
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The act was void as against the government, by giving a zemindary without the consent of the government to the very man who ought to have prevented such an act.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
A native town in one of the zemindary estates was so mutilated by them that it looked as if it had sustained a siege.
From Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Says he, "I have never entertained any such intention or idea," that is, of seizing upon other people's zemindaries; "neither am I at all desirous of acquiring any other person's zemindary in this country," &c....
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
Why, from the Nabob Asoph ul Dowlah, to whom he threatened to transfer both the person of the Rajah and his zemindary, if he did not redeem himself by some pecuniary sacrifice.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
This is the sort of testimony that Mr. Hastings produces, to prove that he was clear from all sort of extortion, oppression, and covetousness, in this very zemindary of Dinagepore.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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