cutcheries

/ˈkʌtʃəriz/
noun
  1. Offices or administrative buildings, especially in South Asia, where government or legal business is conducted.
    • The records were stored in the colonial-era cutcheries for decades.
    • Many old cutcheries in the city have been converted into museums.
    • The farmers gathered at the district cutcheries to file their complaints.
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