[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.