Section 2(a)

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context—
(a) "Adhiar" means a person who under the system generally known, as Adhi (whether Guchi-adhi or Guti-adhi), barga, chukti, bhag or chukani, cultivates the land of another person on condition of delivering a share or quantity of the produce of such land to that person ;