chur
nounEtymology From Hindustani چر / चर (car, “ford; island, shoal”).
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India, New Zealand, Dated, Informal An island or shoal in a river.
- The plaintiff sues to get possession of a piece of chur land. In the plaint, the case which seems to be made is, that the land is a re-formation upon the site of a former chur which at one time belonged to those through whom the plaintiff claims, but which was subsequently washed away. […] The first issue fixed by the Moonsiff, as stated in his judgment, is, "whether the chur in dispute is the contiguous accretion to the re-formed lands of Chur Bandaparah and was held in possession by the plaintiff, and his co-sharers."1869 July 30, Justice A. J. Macpherson, “Rashmonee Dassee and others (Defendants) Appellants, versus Bhubonath Bhuttacharjee (Plaintiff) Respondent”, in D[avid] Sutherland, editor, The Weekly Reporter, Appellate High Court. …, volume XII, Calcutta: Published by Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., and printed by the Bengal Printing Company Limited, published 1870, →OCLC, page 253, column 1:
- This was a suit brought to recover possession of 12,000 beegahs of land. The land in question is a chur in the river Megna, a large navigable and tidal river. The particular portion of the river where the chur is situate is called the Gogra. […] They [the defendants] do not now attempt to make out a title to the chur; but they assert that it has been ever since its formation in their possession.1870 November 19, Justice Markby, “Nabin Kishor Roy (defendant) v. Jages Prasad Gangopadhya and others (plaintiffs).”, in The Madras Revenue Register, volume V, number 6, Madras: [s.n.], published 15 June 1871, →OCLC, page 211, column 1:
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- Some time before 1847 the river threw up in its main and navigable channel certain islands or churs, of which it is only necessary to specify two, viz., Chur Durmeean and Chur Dukhin. […] [F]or the purposes of this litigation, it must be assumed that the churs in question were the property of the Government, and were duly granted to and settled with the respondents. […] Before the end of 1852 the river had swept away the whole of Chur Durmeean, but had formed another low chur in the vicinity of its site.1872 May 25, Sir James W. Colville, Sir Robert Phillimore, Sir Montague E. Smith, “Nogender Chunder Ghose and another, versus Mahomed Esoff, the Collector of Chittagong, and others”, in D[avid] Sutherland, editor, The Weekly Reporter, Appellate High Court. …, volume XVIII, Calcutta: Published by Thacker, Spink, and Co., published 1873, →OCLC, page 114, column 1: