cedula
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(Philippines) A community tax certificate, often used as a form of identification in the Philippines.
A South American promissory note or mortgage bond on lands.
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Peru contested Ecuador's claims with the newly discovered Real Cedula of 1802, by which Peru claims the King of Spain had transferred these lands from the Viceroyalty of New Granada to the Viceroyalty of Peru.
Anyone who doesn't have motorcycle registration papers must provide a valid "cedula" or tax code number (RNC).
In 1783, the proclamation of a Cedula of Population by the Spanish Crown granted 32 acres (129,000 m²) of land to each Roman Catholic who settled in Trinidad and half as much for each slave that they brought.
Ecuador countered by labeling the Cedula of 1802 an ecclesiastical instrument, which had nothing to do with political borders.
At issue is the Dominican "cedula" or national identification card and voter registration card all in one.