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audiencia

audiencia
feminine noun
1. audience (público, recepción)
  • dar audiencia -> to grant an audience
2. hearing (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
1. Audience, a hearing given by men in power to those who have something to propose or represent. (f)
2. Audience-chamber. (f)
3. A court of oyer and terminer. (f)
4. Law-officers appointed to institute some judicial inquiry. (f)
5. Audiencia pública, public hearing. (f)
6. Audiencia pretorial en Indias, a court of judicature in the West Indies. (f)

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