An Real Audiencia (Spanish: Royal Audiency) was a Judicial District that functioned as an Appeals Court. Each Audiencia had Oidores (Spanish: hearer, a judge).

In what is now present Mexico, the Viceroy himself served as oidor, but several Audiencias existed in New Spain, such as in former Panama, Santo Domingo (West Indies and Venezuela), Mexico (Mexico City, Florida, Gulf of Mexico), Guatemala, and Nueva Galicia. The Audiencia de Manila now Philippines; the Audiencia de Charcas' is present-day Bolivia; and the Audiencia de Quito now Ecuador. A viceroy is somebody who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ... Flag of New Spain New Spain (Spanish: Nueva España) was the name given to the viceroy-ruled colonial territories of the Spanish Empire from 1525 to 1821. ... Santo Domingo from space, May 1992 Plaza Colón Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic. ... The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and Southeast Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... State nickname: Sunshine State Official languages English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville (largest metropolitan area is Miami) Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 22nd 170,451 km² 17. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... Nueva Galicia (New Galicia) was a region of New Spain. ...

Sea Also

• Viceroy
• Captaincy General
• The Crown
• Audiencia Nacional: a present-day Spanish tribunal judging grave crimes like terrorism and big-scale fraud.