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Residencia

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Residencia'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/residencia.html. 1828.