Cadi
among the Turks, Arabs, etc., is a town magistrate or inferior
judge. “Cadi Lesker” is a superior cadi. The Spanish Alcaydë is the
Moorish al cadi. (Arabic, the judge.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Cadi from Fact Monster:
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