Note 6 — Chapter III · THE JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AUDIENCIA
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Parián, a market-place; the name given to the quarter set aside by the government wherein the Chinese were confined. This restriction was imposed in 1603, to give added security to the city of Manila, endangered by a Chinese uprising at that time.—See Montero y Vidal, Historia general, III, 146–148; Recopilación, 2–15–55; 5–3–24; 6–18–5.