Explanations xi 
Doctrina=religious doctrine ; instruction in the doctrine; an Indian village 
under religious instruction. 
Entrada=entry ; journey into a district. 
Escrito=petition ; formal writing. 
Escritura=instrument ; formal writing ; deed. 
Escritura de posesibn=formal record of taking possession of a country; 
land grant, etc. 
Estado=statistical table ; statement ; account. 
Expediente=a group or file of documents relating to one subject. 
Extracto= extract ; summary. 
Fiscal=attorney-general ; one of the personal advisers of the viceroy. 
Fondo Piadoso=the Pious Fund, specifically that devoted to the support of 
the California missions. 
Habilitado=paymaster of a regiment ; commissary. 
Hoja de servicios=service record ; a sheet containing a summary of a soldier’s 
a Service. 
Indice=inventory ; index. 
Informe= report. 
Junta de guerra y hacienda=a council of the viceroy’s advisers, composed of 
the higher military and fiscal officers. 
Legajo=bundle of papers. 
Mandamiento=order ; mandate; decree. 
Memoria=memoir ; memorial ; bill of goods ; consignment of goods. 
Minuta= draft; minute. Here more commonly used in the former sense. 
Nomina=catalogue or list of names, especially of a religious house or 
province. 
Noticia=notice ; news; report. 
Obra Pia=pious work; a fund devoted to pious purposes. 
Padron=census list; register of tax-payers. The padrén usually contains 
other information than the mere names. 
Parecer=opinion ; advice ; usually given officially. 
Presupuesto= estimate, especially of expenses ; budget. 
Proceso=trial ; process ; lawsuit ; investigation. 
Razon=consideration ; argument; statement. 
Registro= register. 
Relacion= relation ; report. 
Resefia= personal description, as of missionaries ; review of events, such as is 
given by a diplomatic agent abroad. 
Residencia=investigation at the end of an official’s term of his conduct in 
office. 
Revista=military review ; muster. 
Sinodo=stipend or salary paid a missionary. 
Sumaria=examining trial; examination preliminary to a criminal trial. 
Sumaria informacién=see sumaria. 
Testimonio=deposition; authenticated or legalized copy; certified copy; 
distinguished from a copia simple. 
Viaje= journey ; expedition. : 
Vidticos= provisions for a journey; travelling expenses, especially of the 
missionaries. 
Visita=inspection; official visitation, as of a bishop, military officer, or 
governor. 
Vista fiscal=opinion of the fiscal, or attorney-general. 
