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In this Act, "Joint Hindu Family" means any Hindu family with community of property and includes-- (1) a tarwad or thavazhi governed by the Madras Marumakkathayam Act, 1932, the Travancore Nayar Act, 11 of 1100, the Travancore Ezhava Act, III of 1100, the Nanjinad Vellala Act of 1101, the Travancore Kshatriya Act of 1108, the Travancore Krishnavaka Marumakkathayam Act, VII of 1115, the Cochin Nayar Act, XXIX of 1113, or the Cochin Marumakkathayam Act, XXXIII of 1113; (2) a kutumba or kavaru governed by the Madras Aliyasanthana Act, 1949; (3) an illom governed by the Kerala Nambudiri Act 1958; and (4) an undivided Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara law.