Royal Audiencia of Lima

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colonial institution high court royal audiencia

The Royal Audiencia of Lima was the principal high court and administrative tribunal of the Spanish Crown in South America, overseeing justice and governance across much of the Viceroyalty of Peru.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Royal Audiencia of Lima canonical 2
President of the Audiencia of Cuzco 1
Real Audiencia of Lima 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial institution ⓘ
high court ⓘ
royal audiencia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Peru

Spanish South America ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
capital Lima ⓘ
composedOf alguacil mayor ⓘ
fiscal ⓘ
oidores ⓘ
president ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
dissolved 1820s ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Peruvian War of Independence ⓘ
independence of Peru ⓘ
establishedBy New Laws of 1542 ⓘ
foundedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Crown
governanceModel absolutist monarchy ⓘ
governedBy Laws of the Indies ⓘ
hadAuthorityOver administrative disputes ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
indigenous affairs ⓘ
municipal councils in its district ⓘ
hasRole administrative tribunal ⓘ
high court of appeal ⓘ
instrument of royal governance ⓘ
oversight of administration ⓘ
oversight of justice ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period ⓘ
inception 1542 ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
legalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
Roman law tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Lima ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
presidentTitle Viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela ⓘ
surface form: viceroy of Peru
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replaced earlier provisional judicial bodies in Peru ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Lima ⓘ
significantFor administration of colonial justice in the Andes ⓘ
centralization of Spanish rule in South America ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viceroyalty of Peru → notableInstitution → Royal Audiencia of Lima ⓘ
Blasco Núñez Vela → removedFromOfficeBy → Royal Audiencia of Lima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Real Audiencia of Lima
Viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela → positionHeld → Royal Audiencia of Lima ⓘ
subject surface form: Joaquín de la Pezuela
this entity surface form: President of the Audiencia of Cuzco
oidores → servedIn → Royal Audiencia of Lima ⓘ