The Office of Adelantado (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Office of AdelantadoThe first of the laws prescribes that the incumbent shall take a double oath concerning the interests of the king and of the people. He must swear to honor his lord and counsel him rightly, to keep his secrets and protect his rights. He must also swear to judge justly and not to be influenced by love or 3hate or fear or supplication, or by any gifts that might be offered. The second law deals with the matter of jurisdiction rin the same terms as the Partz'a'as, except that it goes more fully into detail. The third law provides the form of the oath to be taken. The fourth law deals with the procedure of the adelantado mayor upon his entry into the office. He should challenge all noblemen who were not keeping the peace - this fbeing rather a form than anything else. He should make a tour of inspection of the minor judicial districts rconfirming in their offices the minor judges (morz'nos) who had honestly performed their duties, and removing the incompe 'tents, at the same time causing them to make good any injuries or injustices that they might have committed, and putting in their places men who would enforce the laws with equity. Careful instructions, also, were given as to the procedure of the adelantado mayor in the ordering and carrying-out of investiga tions that had to do with misdemeanors and crimes of subjects, high and low. The last of the laws enumerates the interests that the adelantado mayor was obliged to protect. He should guard the kingdom against robbery and other crimes, see that the churches were not injured, burned, destroyed or entered by force, and protect the interests of the clergy, the military orders, the religious brotherhoods, the nobles and women of rank. He must keep the highways in a safe condition for travel and see that no new castles were built without the con sent of the king. He should prevent the holding of judicial proceedings on specified feast days. He must avoid the use of torture, except in rare cases, and then only before a number of honorable witnesses. In the appointment of minor judges, furthermore, he must not be in¿uenced by' any gift or service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.