In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

(1)

Chief Justice includes senior Judge;

(2)

Court means a Court constituted under this Act;

(3)

to desert, together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to desert the other party to a marriage without reasonable cause and without the consent, or against the will, of such party;

(4)

grievous hurt means

(a) emasculation;

(b) permanent privation of the sight of either eye;

(c) permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;

(d) privation of any member or joint;

(e) destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;

(f) permanent disfiguration of the head or face; or

(g) any hurt which endangers life;

(5)

husband means a Parsi husband;

(6)

marriage means a marriage between Parsis whether contracted before or after the commencement of this Act;

(7)

a Parsi means a Parsi Zoroastrian;

(8)

priest means a Parsi priest and includes Dastur and Mobed; and

(9)

wife means a Parsi wife.

II

Marriages Between Parsis