Audiencia

American  

[aw-dee-en-see-uh, -chee-uh] / ˌɔ diˈɛn si ə, -tʃi ə /

noun

• Audiencias
  plural

1. Also, audiencia, historically, in monarchic Spain or its colonies, a court with legislative and executive as well as judicial functions, or the jurisdiction of such a court.

2. Also, audiencia, in modern Spain, the high court of an autonomous community or of a province, or the jurisdiction of such a court.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Audiencias
  plural

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Audiencia Audiencias

The 2023 decision was appealed before Spain’s high court, known as Audiencia Nacional, and is pending judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Sidenor's chairman Jose Antonio Jainaga and two other executives are being investigated for alleged smuggling and complicity in crimes against humanity or genocide for selling steel to Israel Military Industries, the Audiencia Nacional court said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

She opted to stay away from her husband's trial at Santander's Audiencia Provincial court.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024

Last week the top criminal court, Audiencia Nacional, ordered police to close down Tsunami’s website, app, and social media channels—with little success.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019

It was largely due to his protests against the autocratic power of the governor that the king was induced to appoint the first Audiencia.

From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

The most ancient and honorable of these Audiencias was the one at Puerto Principe.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The principal courts of justice were the Audiencias reales, or Royal Audiences.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer

Thus, swelling by cumulative degrees of impressiveness, Trooper Driscoll came at last into the Sala de Audiencias, and gazed with admiration at its beautiful Gobelin suite.

From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

Judicial powers were accorded to the Alcaldes Mayors, to the Captains, Lieutenant Governors, Governors, Captains-General, Audiencias, in some cases to juntas, and even to naval officers.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

Early in the reign of the Spaniards in Cuba, courts called Audiencias with both judicial and administrative functions had been established.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

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