alguacil

He established and created an alguacil of the poor, not to harass them, but to examine them and see whether they really were so; for many a sturdy thief or drunkard goes about under cover of a make – believe crippled limb or a sham sore.

Don Quixote 2002

Luis de Leon's comparative freedom were already numbered; for, on the following day (March 26, 1572), Almansa was appointed _alguacil_ of the Valladolid Inquisitionary court, was directed to arrest Luis de

Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

As even this severe measure left him unmoved, Las Casas ordered his arrest and sent his alguacil and some of the clergy to bring the recalcitrant

Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt

Now passed a guard in the romantic cloak of a brigand in comic opera and a peaked cap like that of an _alguacil_.

The Magician 1919

Enciso accompanied the expedition as "alguacil mayor" and continued to oppose Balboa until the latter's execution by Dávila in

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

He had the privilege of choosing the officers who were to serve under him, of administering justice as chief constable (alguacil), and his orders were revocable only by the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Royal magistrates are under obligation to render this assistance, since the request therefor does not require from them any fees, alguacil, or scrivener.

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In the said town, the office of alguacil-mayor; for his Majesty has made no provision for the said dignity.

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The office of alguacil-mayor [high constable] in this city was held by Hernan Lopez: he has lived during the last three years in

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Various 1906

I believe that in these three provinces the offices of alguacil and clerk will be of no less value than they are in Spanish communities.

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