Also alcade. [Sp., ad. Arab. al-qāḑī the judge, f. qaḑa(y to judge. The same word as a Turkish title is englished CADI. Sometimes in Fr. form alcade.] A magistrate of a town, a sheriff or justice, in Spain and Portugal.
1615. Bedwell, Arab. Trudg., Kadi or Alkadi … signifieth also a Iudge.
1666. Lond. Gaz., lxi/2. The Alcalde sent an Alguazil … to the Admiral.
1842. Longf., Sp. Stud., iii. 2. Why that was Pedro Crespo, the alcalde!
1861. Motley, Dutch Rep., II. 263. A requisitory letter to the alcades, corregidors, and other judges of Castille.
