[39] The Inquisition was first introduced into Portuguese India in 1560; and into Spanish America in 1569 (at Panama). In 1570 it was established in Mexico, of which the Philippines were a dependency in religious as well as civil affairs. Felipe II's decree (January 25, 1569) establishing the Inquisition in the Indias, with other decrees regulating the operations and privileges of that tribunal, may be found in _Recopilacion leyes Indias_ (ed. 1841), lib. i, tit. xix. Regarding the history and methods of the Inquisition, the following works are most full and authoritative: _Practica Inquisitionis hereticoe pravitatis_ (ed. of C. Douais, Paris, 1886), by Bernard Gui--himself an inquisitor; it was composed about 1321. _Historia Inquisitionis_ (Amstelodami, 1692), by Philippus van Limborch; English translations of this book were published at London in 1731, 1734, 1816, and 1825. _Anales de la Inquisicion de Espana_ (Madrid, 1812-13), by Juan A. Llorente, who was secretary to the Inquisition in Spain, and chancellor of the University of Toledo; translations of this book were published in English (London, 1826; and New York, 1838), and in other languages. _Historica critica de la Inquisicion de Espana_ (Madrid, 1822), also by Llorente. _History of the Inquisition_ (London and N.Y., 1874), by W.H. Rule. _The Jews of Spain and Portugal, and the Inquisition_ (London, 1877), by Frederic D. Mocatta, a Jew. _History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages_ (N.Y., 1886), by Henry C. Lea. _Les sources de l'histoire de l'Inquisition dans le midi de la France au treizieme et au quatorzieme siecle_, by C. Douais, editor of Gui's work; it includes the _Chronique_ of Guilhem Pelisso, "the first written account of the Inquisition." [40] _Relaxado_ (feminine, _relaxada_): a person abandoned by the ecclesiastical judge to the secular arm [_al brazo seglar_]; referring to the obstinate heretic who refused to abjure and do penance, or to him who after abjuration should relapse. _Confeso_ ("confessed") meant a Jew converted to the Christian faith. [41] An oath taken by a person who has no bail, that he will return to prison when summoned. [42] Referring to the established judge of ecclesiastical causes, the vicars of the bishops, or sometimes to the bishops themselves. [43] There were only two chancillerias in Spain--those at Valladolid and Granada; they were originally one tribunal, which followed the royal court. They had cognizance of cases on appeal, cases of nobility, and cases regarding the inheritance of entailed property. These courts were abolished by the Constitution of 1812 and subsequent legislative enactments.--_A.P. Cushing_. [44] _Casos de corte_: cases which, because of their importance, the amount involved, or the dignity of the parties, might in the first instance be tried in a superior court.--_Nov. Dice. lengua castellana_ (Gamier, Paris, 1897).