( n. )
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. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012