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The Audiencia in the Spanish Colonies

Note 24 — Chapter III · THE JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AUDIENCIA

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The laws establishing the finality of the jurisdiction of the audiencia were also altered from time to time. The earliest law on the subject, dated April 24, 1545, ordered that no appeal should be made from the tribunal in cases involving less than 6000 maravedís (13.3 pesos).24 This limit was raised to 200 pesos by cédulas of April 4, 1558, and March 4, 1559, and by the ordinance of 1563.25

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