Upon the 18th March, 1570, the Duke addressed a Requisitory letter to the alcaldes, corregidors, and other judges of Castile, empowering them to carry the sentence into execution.
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Their power was only Requisitory, and these requisitions were addressed to the several Legislatures, to be by them carried into execution, without other coercion than the moral principle of duty.
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