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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-- (a) 'anandravan' means any members of a tarwad other than the karnavan; [(b) 'Collector' means the Collector of the district in which any property of a tarwad is situated and includes any Revenue Divisional Officer who is authorized by the Collector to perform his functions under this Act;] (c) 'karnavan' means the oldest male member of a tarwad or tavazhi, as the case may be, in whom the right to management of its property vests or, in the absence of a male member, the oldest female member or where by custom or family usage the right to such management vests in the oldest female member, such female member; (d) 'major' means a person who has attained eighteen years of age; (e) 'marumakkattayam' means the system of inheritance in which descent is traced in the female line but does not include the system of inheritance known as the Aliyasantana; (f) 'marumakkattayi' means a person governed by the Marumakkattayam law of inheritance; (g) 'minor' means a person who has not attained eighteen years of age; (h) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) 'tarwad' means the group of persons forming a joint family with community of property governed by the Marumakkattayam law of inheritance; (j) (i) 'tavazhi' used in relation to a female means the group of persons consisting of that female, her children and all her descendants in the female line; and (ii) 'tavazhi' used in relation to a male means the tavazhi of the mother of that male. This clause was substituted for original clause (b) by clause 3 of, and the Schedule to, the Madras Adaptation Laws Order, 1957.