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
- emasculation;
- permanent privation of the sight of either eye;
- permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;
- privation of any member or joint;
- destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;
- permanent disfiguration of the head or face; or
- 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