----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Anne" Would anyone be able to give me the meaning of the word *amalnamah*- it is in relation to land ownership. ======================= Literally the word would mean ''a Deed containing a (court's) Order for Implementation (of something)''. Amal (Implementation) + namah (deed or document). In relation to land ownership, it means ''order of possession'', as explained in this 1832 book Calcutta Magazine and monthly register = http://tinyurl.com/397p29e or http://books.google.com/books?id=QxwYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=amalnamah&source=bl&ots=Mbh_bh5cTz&sig=C4z7UnIjor77sc5UDDGG63FpqxM&hl=en&ei=dovNTNmsOIiXcdva8NUO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=amalnamah&f=false --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar