guazil

Etymology
Borrowed from, and then from. .

Noun

 * 1)  a high-ranking official or judge in a Muslim country.
 * 2) * 1667, The English Rogue, by Richard Head
 * This made him haste to the Guazil or Judge, to acquaint him of what had hapned; who upon information given, came to the prison in person, attended with Officers and other people: where having caused their irons to be struck off, he ordered their bodies to be dragged through the Town, and so cast in the Sea.
 * This made him haste to the Guazil or Judge, to acquaint him of what had hapned; who upon information given, came to the prison in person, attended with Officers and other people: where having caused their irons to be struck off, he ordered their bodies to be dragged through the Town, and so cast in the Sea.