variants of CADI. Hence Kadilik, the jurisdiction of a cadi.
1704. J. Pitts, Acc. Mahometans, 27. The Man to be married … goes to the Kadee, i. e. Judge, or Magistrate.
1802–3. trans. Pallas’ Trav. (1812), II. 368. Villages … added to the Kadilik of Mankup.
1847. Mrs. A. Kerr, Hist. Servia, 48. These three offices, of Pacha, Kadi, and Bishop,… might all be obtained for money.
