Royal Audiencia of Lima

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial institution
high court
royal audiencia
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Peru
linked to: Viceroyalty 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
Spanish Crown
linked to: Crown of Spain
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 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

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Viceroyalty of Peru notableInstitution Royal Audiencia of Lima
Blasco Núñez Vela removedFromOfficeBy Real Audiencia of Lima
linked to: Royal Audiencia of Lima
Joaquín de la Pezuela positionHeld President of the Audiencia of Cuzco
subject linked to: Viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela
linked to: Royal Audiencia of Lima
oidores servedIn Royal Audiencia of Lima