Audiencia of Santo Domingo

E191790

The Audiencia of Santo Domingo was a high court and administrative district of the Spanish Empire in the Caribbean, centered in Santo Domingo and overseeing colonial governance and justice in parts of Spanish America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Audiencia of Santo Domingo canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
high court ⓘ
royal audiencia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Mainland provinces bordering the Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish colonial subjects ⓘ
Spanish colonies in the Caribbean ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
capital Santo Domingo ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
dissolved 19th century ⓘ
establishedBy Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
follows Castilian law ⓘ
ordinances of the Council of the Indies ⓘ
royal decrees ⓘ
governs colonial governance and justice in parts of Spanish America ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver administrative disputes ⓘ
appeals from lower colonial courts ⓘ
civil cases ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
hasPart alguacil mayor ⓘ
fiscal ⓘ
oidores ⓘ
president ⓘ
hasRole administrative authority ⓘ
court of appeal ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
legislative advisory body ⓘ
royal representative ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Hispaniola ⓘ
Santo Domingo ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
namedAfter Santo Domingo ⓘ
partOf Council of the Indies system ⓘ
Spanish West Indies ⓘ
Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy republican courts in successor states ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Spanish America → includes → Audiencia of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo → judicialAuthority → Audiencia of Santo Domingo ⓘ