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   residencia
   In Spanish history, the debriefing of an official after a term of office in the American colonies. The procedure was designed to ensure that officials remained answerable to the crown and carried...
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
   
   
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   Residencia
   Re`si·den'cia noun [ Spanish ] In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/60
   
   
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   Residencia
   • (n.) In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/residencia/
   
   
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   residencia
   in colonial Spanish America, judicial review of an official`s acts, conducted at the conclusion of his term of office. Originating in Castile in the ...
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/36
   
   

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