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Definition of Alcades
1. alcade [n] - See also: alcade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcades
Literary usage of Alcades
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of by John Ross Browne, California Constitutional Convention (1850)
"This office is liy a custom not inconsistent with the laws, vested in the 1st
Alcade of the District. 7lh. alcades who have concurrent jurisdiction among ..."
2. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1759)
"The governor, regidores, and alcades are all Indians ofthe bcft capacities, ...
The governor, alcades, and regidores, have alio proper ..."
3. A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma: Containing a Description of the by François Joseph Pons, Washington Irving, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1806)
"On every cabildo, however large the town, the number of alcades in ordinary, is
limited to ... According to the laws of the Indies, the alcades in ordinary, ..."
4. Annual Register (1764)
"The alcades are ... The governor, regidores, and alcades are all Indians of the
bell capacities, and are, ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1795)
"The alcades are chosen annually by the regidores. The governor, regidores, and
alcades, are all Indians of the best capacities, and are, ..."
6. Notes on Formation and Organization of Business Corporations Under the Laws by James Stark Bennett, Trowbridge Hall, Georg Kaiser (1920)
"Small wonder that to-day the pleasure loving Indians have to be rounded up by
the alcades and forced under whip lash into the very doors of the sanctuary. ..."