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مَحْجُورٌ

Root: حجر

Full Definition

مَحْجُورٌ , for which the doctors of practical law say مَحْجُورٌ only, omitting the preposition and the pronoun governed by it, on account of the frequent usage of the term, A person prohibited [by a kádee] from using, or disposing of, his property according to his own free will: or prohibited from consuming, or wasting, or ruining, his property.
2 See also حِجْرٌ, in two places.
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