History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.989
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.989
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¹⁸⁸⁸ The word 'Gentu' (or Gentoo) was the Portuguese word for 'Gentile' and appears to mean a pagan inhabitant of Hindustan who is not a Mahomedan. Its use in a judicial document first occurs in the judgment of Lord Chief Justice Willes in *Omichand v. Barker* (Durnford's Reports of cases, 1737-1769. p. 538). Vide on the word Gentoo 'Khojas and Memons case' in Perry's Oriental cases 110, 123 and *Lopes v. Lopes* 5 Bom. H. C. R. (O. C. J.) 172, 185-186.