subs. and adj. (Anglo-Indian).—Any part of India except the three capitals, Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras: specifically rural; provincial.
1772. Order of Council of H. E. I. C. in Claim of Roy Rada Churn. 13. 2. In each district shall be established two Courts of Judicature: one by the name of the MOFUSSIL Audauler or Provincial Court of Dewannee.
1845. The Mofussilite [Title]. Published in Calcutta.
1863. G. A. SALA, Breakfast in Bed, Essay I. p. 11 (1864). ‘The conduct of the Indian government with reference to the Gwalior bungalows, the farming of MOFUSSILS to Kansamahs.’
