The secular clergy should not go, on information that may often be false, before audiencias and tribunals that are not ecclesiastical; for thus the ecclesiastical state is much injured.
These men know what the governor can do without the Audiencia, and with it; and they believe that it is better when there are not so many to command them, for they have never seen the audiencias redress illegal acts by the governors.
Early in the reign of the Spaniards in Cuba, courts called Audiencias with both judicial and administrative functions had been established.
The most ancient and honorable of these Audiencias was the one at Puerto Principe.
The assistant fiscal of the audiencia territorial of Manila and the justices of the audiencias de lo criminal of Vigan and Cebu, $1750.
The judges of courts of first instance de termino and the attorneys of the audiencia territorial of Manila and the assistant attorneys of the audiencias de lo criminal of Vigan and Cebu drew a salary of $1375 per annum.
The justices of the audiencia territorial of Manila and the presidents and fiscals of the audiencias de lo criminal of Vigan and Cebu received $2125 per annum.
The governors of the ports, and the presidents of the Audiencias established at Panama, San Domingo, and Gautemala, bought their posts in Spain.
Justice is being administered with the authority, custom, and system of the audiencias of Castilla, and those well regulated in the Yndias.
Santiago de Vera had served in the audiencias of Española (Hayti) and Mexico; in May, 1584 he came to the Philippines as president of their Audiencia and governor of the islands.
In other cases where claims of gentle birth are put forward, they shall not try them, but remit them to the audiencias of these kingdoms which have jurisdiction in such matters.
Item: The clerks of the said Audiencia shall be appointed by us and by no other person; and in all matters relating to the examination of witnesses they shall follow the rules of the audiencias of these our realms.
The following will give some idea of the size and rank of the respective audiencias of the Spanish colonies in the later eighteenth century.
The audiencias were permitted to entertain appeals against the rulings of viceroys and presidents, but these appeals could be carried again to the Council of the Indies.
In the words of the royal decree of establishment, there are founded twelve royal audiencias and chanceries .
The oidores in these audiencias confined themselves to civil suits, but in audiencias where there were no alcaldes del crimen, the oidores were authorized to try both civil and criminal cases.
It is certain that the growth of audiencias was a part, not only of colonial, but of Spanish historical and institutional development.
They converged the provincial, colonial, intercolonial and home governments in the same manner as the audiencias in Spain brought about unity in provincial and national judicial administration.
Although the laws of the Indies directed that the inquisitors who were sent to the colonies should present their titles to the audiencias and viceroys, this did not give the civil authorities any advantage over them.
Chile and Panama were subordinate governmentally to the viceroy of Peru, but the audiencias were independent.
The audiencias also held important political powers under the Laws of the Indies.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "audiencias" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
