Royal Audience of Catalonia

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governing institution high court judicial institution royal court

The Royal Audience of Catalonia was the highest royal court and governing judicial institution in the Principality of Catalonia under the Crown of Aragon and later the Spanish Monarchy.

Aliases (1)

Catalan courts ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing institution → high court → judicial institution → royal court →
appliesToJurisdiction	Catalan law → Crown lands in Catalonia → Crown of Aragon → Principality of Catalonia → Spain →
basedOn	Catalan customary law → Roman law tradition → royal ordinances →
country	Principality of Catalonia →
followedBy	Audiencia of Barcelona →
hasAuthorityOver	local magistrates in Catalonia → lower courts in Catalonia →
hasFunction	administrative oversight → appeal court → conflict resolution between institutions → first instance court in certain cases → implementation of royal decrees → supervision of municipal authorities →
hasHistoricalPeriod	early modern period → late Middle Ages →
hasJurisdiction	administrative disputes → civil cases → criminal cases →
hasPart	civil chamber → criminal chamber → governing council → oidores → regent of the chancery → royal judges →
hasRole	governing judicial institution → highest royal court in Catalonia → supreme judicial body in Catalonia →
languageOfWorkOrName	Catalan → Latin → Spanish →
location	Barcelona →
partOf	Crown of Aragon → Spanish monarchy → surface form: "Spanish Monarchy"
replaced	earlier royal curia in Catalonia →
seat	Barcelona →
subordinateTo	King of Aragon NERFINISHED → King of Spain →
use	administration of justice → governance → royal authority →

Referenced by (2)

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

Principality of Catalonia → hasJudicialBody → Royal Audience of Catalonia →

Usatges de Barcelona → usedBy → Royal Audience of Catalonia →

this entity surface form: "Catalan courts"