Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.
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Examples
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For besides that they are of very small profit to your Majesty, it is certain that if the said notaries were permanent, the said Indians would not dare to bring suits against them at the time of their residencia, which is taken each year when the alcaldes-mayor finish their office.
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This is a "residencia" (3-4 bedroom house, yard, etc).
Property Taxes 2005
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This is a "residencia" (3-4 bedroom house, yard, etc).
Property Taxes 2005
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This is a "residencia" (3-4 bedroom house, yard, etc).
Property Taxes 2005
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This is a "residencia" (3-4 bedroom house, yard, etc).
Property Taxes 2005
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This is a "residencia" (3-4 bedroom house, yard, etc).
Property Taxes 2005
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a "residencia," a kind of examination well known and constantly practised in Spain, to which Authorities were subject on going out of office -- being of the nature of a general impeachment.
The Life of Columbus Arthur Helps 1844
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"Keep this letter until the report of the residencia which is to be taken in his case and that of his father shall be received."]
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El inmigrante que dentro de los cinco años de residencia en el país permanezca más de dos años fuera del mismo, perderá su calidad migratoria;
FM2 vs. FM3 2009
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El inmigrante que dentro de los cinco años de residencia en el país permanezca más de dos años fuera del mismo, perderá su calidad migratoria;
FM2 vs. FM3 2009
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