oidor
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- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- magistrate
- Country
- Spanish Empire
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- female form of label
- Oïdora
- male form of label
- Oïdor
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thumb|A portrait of Diego del Corral y Arellano, of the Council of Castile, by the painter Diego Velázquez
An '''' () was a judge of the Royal Audiencias and Chancillerías'', originally courts of Kingdom of Castile, which became the highest organs of justice within the Spanish Empire. The term comes , referring to the judge's obligation to listen to the parts of a judicial process, particularly during the phase of pleas.
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