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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Audiencias
  plural

Example Sentences

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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

The trial at the country's top criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, focuses on three investigations into Mr Villarejo's activities and is expected to last until January.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2021

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

He takes cognizance of civil affairs, on which the royal Audiencia pronounces the decisions or decrees.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century by Various

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 Mayer, Brantz

In the great capital cities sat bodies of high judicial and executive officials known as Audiencias.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

The governors of the ports, and the presidents of the Audiencias established at Panama, San Domingo, and Gautemala, bought their posts in Spain.

From The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Haring, Clarence Henry

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

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

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 Johnson, Willis Fletcher