Oidor (oiˈðor) is the Spanish name of the member judge of the Royal Audiencias and Chancillerías, originally courts of Kingdom of Castile, which became the highest organs of justice within the Spanish Empire. The term comes from the verb oír, `to hear,` referring to the judge`s obligation to listen to the parts of a judicial process, partic......
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(from the article `audiencia`) ...to administer royal justice; also, one of the most important governmental institutions of Spanish colonial America. In Spain the ordinary judges ...
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