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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 517 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALCALDE (from the Arab. al-quadi, the " See also:Cadi " or See also:judge ")  , the See also:title in See also:Spanish for officials of somewhat varied functions, in which, however, there is always a judicial See also:element . See also:Alcalde de See also:corte was a See also:judge of the See also:palace See also:court, having See also:jurisdiction in and about the See also:residence of the See also:king . But the See also:mayor of a See also:town or See also:village who discharged the functions of a See also:justice of the See also:peace was also an alcalde . It is in this sense that the title is now exclusively used . He is subject to yearly See also:election and the See also:post has often been an undesirable one in See also:Spain . The title of alcalde must be carefully distinguished from alcaide, which is derived from the Arabic al-qudid, a See also:general, and means' the See also:governor of a fortress .

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