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The record
- Record of Rights (ROR): the State's register of who holds which land and on what terms.
- Khatian: one owner's (or one group of co-owners') account in the ROR, with the plots held and the share in each.
- Porcha: a copy or extract of a khatian.
- Dag / plot: a single piece of land with its own number on the mouza map.
- Bata: the sub-number given when a plot or khatian is split, written after a slash.
- Raiyat: the person recorded as holding the land.
- Bargadar: a recorded sharecropper who cultivates another person's land.
The place
- Mouza: a revenue village, the unit in which land records and maps are kept.
- JL number: Jurisdiction List number, the serial number that identifies a mouza.
- Block: the administrative unit above the mouza; each has a BL&LRO land office.
- Mouza map: the cadastral map showing every plot; see mouza map.
The surveys
- CS: Cadastral Survey, the oldest of the three records.
- RS: Revisional Settlement, the later revision. Many old deeds quote RS numbers.
- LR: Land Reforms record, the current one. See RS / LR plot conversion.
The processes
- Mutation: updating the recorded owner after a transfer or inheritance; see mutation status.
- Warish: recording the heirs of a deceased owner; see warish status.
- Conversion: permission to change the classification or use of land; see land conversion status.
- Khajna: land revenue paid on a khatian; see khajna.
- Land classification: the recorded character of a plot, such as sali (wet paddy land), danga (upland), bastu (homestead) or pukur (pond).