audiencia
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
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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)
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