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and then came to hold the highest government offices. He was a judge of the Casa da Suplicação and on the supreme court (the Desembargo do Paço), as well as Chanceler-mor do Reino. He also headed the royal archives and served as Portuguese representative to the court of

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. Among his most important scholarly works were his extensive reports of decisions by the Casa de Suplicação, the ''Practicarum observationum, sive Decisionum supremi senatus regni Lusitaniae''. He also authored a compilation of laws, promulgated in 1603 by

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, that was not repealed until 1867.

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