The Oath to Exercise the Office of Judge in the Kingdom of New Galicia in New Spain (16th Century)
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https://doi.org/10.12795/e-RIPS.2025.i02.08Keywords:
Oath, Judge, Audiencia of Nueva Galicia, Lebrón de QuiñonesAbstract
The two oaths taken by Lorenzo Lebrón de Quiñones to begin serving as judge of the Audiencia of Nueva Galicia are transcribed here. They are the only ones documented in 16th-century in Nueva Galicia.
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Barrientos Grandón, Javier: “El Oficio y su Juramento en una Cultura Jurisdiccional”, Revista de Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos, núm. 42/2020.
Navarro García, Asunción: El Nombramiento de Oidores entre 1691 y 1755 en la (In)subordinada Audiencia de Nueva Galicia de la Nueva España, Laborum, Murcia, 2ª ed., 2020.
Parry, John H.: The Audiencia of New Galicia in the Sixteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, Londres, 1969.
Sánchez-Rodas Navarro, Cristina: Relación Sumaria y Testimonio de Antonio de Contreras, Escribano de Su Majestad, de la Visita que ha hecho el muy Magnífico Señor el Licenciado Lorenzo Lebrón de Quiñones en la Nueva España: Documentos Inéditos, Laborum, Murcia, 2024.
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