[14] Ibid., 20.
[15] A receptor was a clerk of court, who on special authorization or commission of a tribunal was dispatched to institute judicial proceedings on behalf of the court.—Escriche, Diccionario, II, 794.
[16] Recopilación, 7–1–16.
[17] Ibid., 5–15–21.
[18] Ibid., 7–1–14.
[19] Ibid., 5–12–31.
[20] Ibid., 5–15–38.
[21] Fajardo to Felipe III, August 10, 1619; Blair and Robertson, XVIII, 276.
[22] The Marianas were the islands of the Ladrone Group situated 1200 miles east of the Philippines.
[23] Expedientes relativos á la residencia de Don Antonio Pimentel, Governador de las Marianas, A. I., 68–4–17 and 18.