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Judge vs Kazi - What's the difference?

judge | kazi |

As nouns the difference between judge and kazi

is that judge is (senseid)a public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice while kazi is work, business.

As a verb judge

is to sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

judge

English

Alternative forms

* judg (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
  • A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
  • A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
    • At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
  • A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
    • He is a good judge of wine.
  • * Dryden
    • A man who is no judge' of law may be a good ' judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.

    Synonyms

    * (one who judges or dispenses judgement) deemer, deemster * (official of the court) justice, sheriff

    Derived terms

    * * * * * *

    Verb

    (judg)
  • To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
    • A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
  • To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
    • Justices in this country judge without appeal.
  • To form an opinion on.
    • I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
  • To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
    • We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
  • To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
    • I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
  • To form an opinion; to infer.
    • I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
    • THE sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o'clock.
  • (intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Related terms

    * abjudge * abjudicate * adjudicate * judgment * judicator * judicial * judiciary * prejudice * magistrate

    kazi

    English

    Alternative forms

    * qadi * cadi

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A civil judge in Arabic, Persian or Turkish countries.
  • * 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1
    • he sent for the Kazi and his assessors, intending to make his will and reveal to her his secret and die the death
  • * 1964, James Kritzeck, Anthology of Islamic Literature, from the Rise of Islam to Modern Times , Holt, Rinehart and Winston
    • Page 300
  • *:: “Up with thee speak with the Kazi , for thy wife hath complained of to him and her favour is thus and thus.”
    • Page 301
  • *:: “...O man, and speak with the Kazi'; for thy wife hath complained of thee to him.” Said he, “He made peace between us just now.” But said they, “We come from another '''Kazi''', and thy wife hath complained of thee to our '''Kazi'''.” So he arose and went with them to their ' Kazi , calling on Allah for aid against...
  • * 1971, Gilbert Highet, Explorations , Oxford University Press, Page 281
    • So I agreed to submit myself to such decision and we both presented ourselves before the Kazi , who said, ‘What bringeth you hither and what is your case and your quarrel?’
  • * 2003, K.P. Ittaman, Amini Islanders: Social Structure and Change , Abhinav Publications, Page 202
    • Thus, the islands of Kadmat, Chetlat and Kiltan had to remain under the religious jurisdiction of the Kazi' of Amini. But as in the case of the Mooppan who rendered their services as jury in the absence of the Moktessors of Amini, in every island there used to be one Naib '''Kazi''' who performed the duties of the '''Kazi''' in his absence. The appointment of the Naib '''Kazi''' of every island was made by the District Collector but the name of the candidate who was tipped for the appointment as Naib '''Kazi''' had to be approved first by the ' Kazi of Amini.