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thumb|Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand the Catholic confirming the fueros of [[Biscay at Guernica in 1476]]

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Characteristics
  • Aristocratic ''fueros''
  • {{center|List of aristocratic ''fueros''}}
  • Basque and Pyrenean ''fueros''
  • Approach
  • ''Fueros'' in the High and Late Middle Ages
  • Relations with the crown and rise of absolutism
  • The end of the ''fueros'' in Spain
  • Echoes of the ''fueros'' after suppression in Spain
  • Private law
  • ''Fueros'' in Spanish America
  • List of fueros
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand the Catholic confirming the fueros of [[Biscay at Guernica in 1476]]

' (), (), (), () or ' () is a Spanish legal term and concept. The word comes from Latin , an open space used as a market, tribunal and meeting place. The same Latin root is the origin of the French terms and , and the Portuguese terms and ; all of these words have related, but somewhat different meanings.

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