What is "modi"

Modus \Mo"dus\, n.; pl. Modi. [L. See Mode.] (Old Law)

1. The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

2. (Law) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like.
   --Bracton.

3. (Law) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
   --Blackstone.

   They, from time immemorial, had paid a modus, or composition.
   --Landor.

Modi is a common surname in India. The surname is most commonly found amongst people from the Northern and Western states of Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat. It is mostly associated with Baniyas but also common to OBC like Ganchi, Teli etc.,.

Modi or MODI may refer to:

• Modi (name), a surname used in India and a male given name (including a list of persons with the name)
  • Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
  • Modi Group, India-based conglomerate
• Monochorionic-Diamniotic, a type of twin
• Móði, one of Thor's sons in Norse mythology
• Modi script, a historical script used in the Maratha empire
• Minoan Modi, the site of a Minoan peak sanctuary in eastern Crete
• an abbreviation for Microsoft Office Document Imaging
• Modi, Chania, a village in western Crete
• Ouro Modi, a commune in Mali
• Modi Naturals, an Indian oil-processing company
• Módi, an alternate rendering of Modhia, an island in the Ionian Sea
• Modi Khola, a tributary of the Gandaki River in Nepal
• Mao Di, member of Taiwanese boyband JPM
• Mozi (ca. 470 BC – ca. 391 BC), Chinese philosopher

Modi is a Unicode block containing the Modi alphabet characters for writing the Marathi language.