Audiencia of Mexico

E191791

The Audiencia of Mexico was a high court and governing body of the Spanish Empire in New Spain, centered in Mexico City and overseeing judicial and administrative affairs across much of northern Spanish America.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Audiencia of Mexico canonical 3
audiencias 1
audiencias of New Spain 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governing body ⓘ
high court ⓘ
royal audiencia ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
Laws of the Indies ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New Spain ⓘ
northern Spanish America ⓘ
capital Mexico City ⓘ
coexistsWith Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
establishedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
foundedBy Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
function administration of royal justice ⓘ
implementation of Spanish colonial law ⓘ
oversight of administrative affairs in New Spain ⓘ
oversight of judicial affairs in New Spain ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
hasComponent fiscal (crown prosecutor) ⓘ
oidores ⓘ
president of the audiencia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver central New Spain ⓘ
much of northern Spanish America ⓘ
territories of the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
hasRole administrative authority ⓘ
advisory council to the viceroy ⓘ
court of appeal ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
historicalRegion New Spain ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus sovereign court in the king’s name ⓘ
locatedIn Mexico City ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
imperial judicial system of Spain ⓘ
presidentUsually Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Mexico City ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ
successor independent Mexican judicial institutions ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Spanish America → includes → Audiencia of Mexico ⓘ
Laws of the Indies → regulates → audiencias ⓘ
linked to: Audiencia of Mexico
Viceroy of New Spain → hasAuthorityOver → audiencias of New Spain ⓘ
linked to: Audiencia of Mexico
Corregidora of Querétaro → subordinateTo → Audiencia of Mexico ⓘ
Nuño de Guzmán → jurisdiction → Audiencia of Mexico ⓘ