Girdawari

Under the Indian land record system, Girdawari is the record of land cultivation. It records the crop and ownership of the crop.

Local landlords must ensure that Girdawari stays in their name, otherwise; if someone else is shown as cultivating the land for an extended period of time, they can claim possession of the land, resulting in a dispute of land ownership.

Other terms of relevance are Khasra No, Khevat, Kilabandi, Jamabandi, Registry, Murabba, Patti, Fard, Mushtarka, Chhijraa, Degree, Decree, Takseem, Halfia Bayaan, Mutation, Intkaal, Wakf board, Haq shufa, Muzaira, Vasiyat, Theka
Murabba means a land block of 25 acres
1 Acres=4840 square yards
Khasra No. means a number assigned to a block of land
Patti is composed of khasra numbers
Vasiyat means Will
Muzaira means cultivator who does not own land
Wakf board- a government institution in india to manage muslim religious and community land
Khatouni- revenue recordHaq Shufa: preemption right- blood relative or tiller can claim right to repurchase property at sale price with in one year should it be sold to an outsiderIntkaal: after registering a piece of land in ones name, one has to inform the tehsil to update their records.It used to be the responsibility of buyer but now with computerization this process has become automatic in India.
Land measurement units
8 Kanals=1 acre
acre is also called quilla or ghumaon
20 marlas= 1 kanal
160 marlas=1 acre
1 marla=9 square karams
1 karam=5.5 feet
1 acre= 4 bigas+ 16 biswas (20th part)1 acre=4 and 4/5 bigas1 acre= 96 biswas

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Adverse possession

References

*cite book | last = Baden-Powell | first = Baden Henry | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Land-systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures | publisher = Clarendon Press | date = 1892 | location = Original from Harvard University | pages = Page 735 & 736 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=FtcOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA735&dq=Girdawari&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA736,M1 | doi = | id =