legends is frequent in Welsh literature, old and modern.

CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. _capitettum_, a diminutive of
_caput_, head, through the Provencal form _capdet_), the head of an
inferior branch of a family, a younger son; particularly a military term
for an accepted candidate for a commission in the army or navy, who is
undergoing training to become an officer. This latter use of the term arose
in France, where it was applied to the younger sons of the _noblesse_ who
gained commissioned rank, not by serving in the ranks or by entering the
_ecoles militaires_, but by becoming attached to corps without pay but with
certain privileges. "Cadet Corps," in the British service, are bodies of
boys or youths organized, armed and trained on volunteer military lines.
Derived from "cadet," through the Scots form "cadee," comes "caddie," a
messenger-boy, and particularly one who carries clubs at golf, and also the
slang word "cad," a vulgar, ill-bred person.

CADGER (a word of obscure origin possibly connected with "catch"), a hawker
or pedlar, a carrier of farm produce to market. The word in this sense has
fallen into disuse, and now is used for a beggar or loafer, one who gets
his living in more or less questionable ways.

CADI (_q[=a][d.][=i]_), a judge in a _ma[h.]kama_ or Mahommedan
ecclesiastical court, in which decisions are rendered on the basis of the
canon law of Islam (_shar[=i] `a_). It is a general 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
cadi to act for the community. According to Sh[=a]fi`ite law, such a cadi
must be a male, free, adult Moslem, intelligent, of unassailed character,
able to see, hear and write, learned in the Koran, the traditions, the
Agreement, the differences of the legal schools, acquainted with Arabic
grammar and the exegesis of the Koran. He must not sit in a mosque, except
under necessity, but in some open, accessible place. He must maintain a
strictly impartial attitude of body and mind, accept no presents from the
people of his district, and render judgment only when he is in a normal
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 journey, and
attend funerals. On some of these points the codes