Corregimiento
Corregimiento is a Spanish term used for administrative units for administrative purposes. From time immemorial, it denotes the competence for the exercise of the functions of a judge in the Kingdom of Spain . Corregidores (plural of corregidor , Spanish for “judge”, German literally “corrector” ) are Spanish officials in the service of the king. The term first appeared in 1348.
The corregimientos were a separate system of territorial organization of the Spanish crown during the rule of the Habsburgs . The Kingdom of Castile was formerly divided into 68 districts, which amalgamated the towns directly under the crown and the military order. At the head of each municipality ( municipio ) the king appointed a judge who, as the king's delegate, acted primarily before the military regiments and to which his jurisdiction was extended. His powers were very extensive in the field of justice and administration; u. a. the corregidor was responsible for the work of the lay judges to control the local public finances, the quality of the food and the supervision of tax evasion, police etc. He also had military functions for the maintenance of public order and morality. To fulfill his powers, he could also count on the help of a deputy who, however, had to be well-read, which used to be mostly a lawyer.
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- ↑ This date appears for the first time in the article by John Edwards "La révolte du Marquis de Priego à Cordoue en 1508: Un symptôme des tensions d'une société urbaine", Mélanges de la Casa de Velàzquez, Volume 12 (1976), 165-172