Noun
audiencia (plural audiencias)
(historical) An appellate court of the Spanish empire.
A Real Audiencia (royal audiencia) was a judicial district that functioned as an appeals court. Source: Internet
The Treaty of 1829 fixed the border on the line that had divided the Quito audiencia and the Viceroyalty of Peru before independence. Source: Internet
Each audiencia had an oidores (Spanish: hearer, a judge). Source: Internet
Each audiencia had oidores (a hearer, a judge). Source: Internet
In spite of strong opposition from the Quito Audiencia, the Junta called for a congress in December 1811 and declared the entire area of the audiencia to be independent of any government currently in Spain. Source: Internet
The area was under the authority of a short-lived Audiencia of Panama from 1538 to 1543, when most of Central America was placed under a new Audiencia of Guatemala. Source: Internet