See also:

• CADI (g¢di)

CADI (g¢di)  , a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge in a mahkama or See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan ecclesiastical See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, in which decisions are rendered on the basis of the See also:

• CANON

canon See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• ISLAM

Islam (See also:

• SHARI

shari 'a) . It is a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, according to canon law, upon a Moslem community to judge legal disputes on this basis, and it is an individual duty upon the ruler of the community to appoint a See also:

• CADI (g¢di)

cadi to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act for the community . According to Shafi`ite law, such a cadi must be a male, See also:

• FREE

free, adult Moslem, intelligent, of unassailed See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, able to see, hear and write, learned in the See also:

• KORAN

Koran, the traditions, the Agreement, the See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences of the legal See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, acquainted with Arabic See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar and the exegesis of the Koran . He must not sit in a See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque; except under See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity, but in some open, accessible See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . He must maintain a strictly impartial attitude of See also:

• BODY

body and mind, accept no presents from the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of his See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and render See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment only when he is in a normal See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition mentally and physically . He may not engage in any business . He shall ride to the place where he holds court, greeting the people on both sides . He shall visit the sick and those returned from a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, and attend funerals . On some of these points the codes differ, and the whole is to be regarded as the ideal qualification, built up theoretically by the canonists . See MAAOMMEDAN Law; also Juynboll, De Mohammedaansche Wet (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1903), pp . 287 ff.; Sachau, Muhammedanisches Recht (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1897), pp . 687 if .

(D . B .