The expressions used in the two sanads and connected relevant documents establish, on the other
hand, that what was granted to the Portuguese was only a revenue tenure called a jagir or
saranjam of the value of 12,000 rupees a year. This was a very common form of grant in India
and not a single instance has been brought to the notice of the Court in which such a grant has
been construed as amounting to a cession of territory in sovereignty.