Among the consultors was Peter Lombard, Archbishop of Armagh.
A commission of seven consultors had been found, to whom, after a struggle, three were added.
In 1572, consultors were admitted to examine the evidence before arrest, but they were to be exclusively clerics, and the result was to be submitted to the Suprema before action.
Consultors are not to be considered as officials, but only persons holding commissions from the inquisitor-general, to whom may be added a steward of the prison and two advocates of prisoners.
This tribunal is composed of six cardinals, one of whom is the prefect, assisted by a prelate secretary, consultors and the necessary inferior officials.
It was published with trumpet and cymbals and so frightened the inquisitorial people that the consultors did not dare to assemble and the familiars took to the mountains.
In a series of votes of the tribunal of Madrid, extending through the eighteenth century, there is no indication of consultors being called in.
These were called consultors and we have seen that they were a recognized portion of the inquisitorial organization.
Incidents related above show that the consultors formed opinions of their own, and that the votes were often far from unanimous.
This was encouraged by the routine of voting, in which the consultors voted first and the senior inquisitor last, although doubtless, when there had been a preliminary discussion, the views of the inquisitors had been made known.
This ignored the self-dependent organization of the Spanish Inquisition, and Rojas asserts positively that the vote of the consultorsis consultative and not decisive.
The consultors voted for relaxation, but the Suprema approved the decision of the inquisitors that they should have the right arm nailed to a stake in the form of a cross, while their sentences were being read in an auto de fe.
Whether, in these assemblies, the consultorshad a deliberative or merely a consultative vote, was a matter of some discussion.
This proceeding rendered the office of the consultors useless, and it was discontinued.
Two of the consultors voted in the affirmative; the inquisitors, the ordinary, and the other consultors agreed that Melchior had confessed enough to entitle him to reconciliation.
When the translation was finished, the fiscal required that no conferences of the consultors should take place unless the Pope was present, which prolonged the affair excessively, as his Holiness was often unable to attend.
The consultors shall give their votes first, and then the ordinary, the inquisitors after him, and the dean the last.
When the inquisitors, the ordinary, and the consultors decree the question, they shall not decide on what is to be done after it has been administered, as the result is uncertain, nothing being regulated on this point.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "consultors" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
