cutchery

/ˈkʌtʃəri/
noun
  1. An office or administrative building, especially in South Asia, where government or legal business is conducted.
    • The old cutchery now serves as a community center.
    • All land records are kept at the local cutchery.
    • The village headman went to the cutchery to meet the district officer.
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