Legal glossary
“district court”
Defined in 3 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
HMA · s. 3
The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
(b) "district court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which
Read section 3The Special Marriage Act, 1954 · s. 2
(e) "district court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area, the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which
Read section 2The Indian Tramways Act, 1886, 11 of 1886 (Rep., Act 37 of 2025) · s. 3 · Repealed or not in force
(13) "District Court" means a principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction, and includes a High Court having ordinary original civil jurisdiction:
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