Note 69 — Chapter XXXV · TRIAL OF ANTONIO PEREZ, MINISTER AND FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE TO PHILIP II.
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This expression is ancient in the Aragonese dialect, and taken from the French, which derived it from the Latin inquisitio. It is the title given in the code of Fueros to the sentence pronounced against magistrates or other public officers guilty of infidelity, abuse of power, or other crimes.