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cadi
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Definition:a civil judge in Islamic countries
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cadi alternative forms: qadi, kadi, qazi, Kazi
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A Robber who had plundered a merchant of one thousand pieces of gold was taken before the Cadi, who asked him if he had anything to say why he should not be decapitated.
“Your Honor,” said the Robber, “I could do no otherwise than take the money, for Allah made me that way.”
“Your defence is ingenious and sound,” said the Cadi, “and I must acquit you of criminality. Unfortunately, Allah has also made me so that I must take off your head—unless,” he added, thoughtfully, “you offer me a half of the gold; for He made me weak under temptation.”
Thereupon the Robber put five hundred pieces of gold into the Cadi’s hand.
“Good,” said the Cadi. “I shall now remove only one-half your head. To show my trust in your discretion I shall leave intact the half that you talk with.”
Ambrose Bierce. Fantastic Fables: The Honest Cadi (1899)
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They carried me before the cadi, who ordered me a hundred lashes on the soles of the feet and sent me to the galleys. I was chained to the very same galley and the same bench as the young Baron.
Voltaire. Candide
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BLOOM: (In red fez, cadi's dress coat with broad green sash, wearing a false badge of the Legion of Honour, picks up the card hastily and offers it)
James Joyce. Ulysses
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