Cā/di-lēs'ker, n.
n. [Turk. cadi, judge, and leskar, army.] A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.
n. [Turk. cadi, judge, and leskar, army.] A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.