audiencia

audiencia
feminine noun
1audience (público, recepción)
  • dar audiencia -> to grant an audience
2hearing (law) (juicio); court (tribunal, edificio)
  • audiencia provincial -> provincial court
  • audiencia Nacional -> = court in Madrid dealing with cases that cannot be dealt with at regional level
  • audiencia pública -> public hearing

audiencia [ah-oo-de-en’-the-ah]
noun
1Audience, a hearing given by men in power to those who have something to propose or represent. (f)
2Audience-chamber. (f)
3A court of oyer and terminer. (f)
4Law-officers appointed to institute some judicial inquiry. (f)
5Audiencia pública, public hearing. (f)
6Audiencia pretorial en Indias, a court of judicature in the West Indies. (f)

audiencia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (acto) audience; (entrevista) formal interview
recibir a algn en audiencia to grant sb an audience
2 (Jur) (tribunal) court; (palacio) assizes; (p) (sala) audience chamber
audiencia pública (Política) public hearing
3 (personas) audience; [de periódico] readership; (Rad) (TV) audience
índice de audiencia ratings; (p) audience ratings; (p)

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