' (modern spelling: ) was a Spanish legal phrase, literally meaning "relaxed in person", meaning "transferred to the secular authorities", an euphemism for " burnt at the stake" in the records of the

Spanish Inquisition The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition ( es, Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition ( es, Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand ...

, since the church tribunal could not execute death sentences. The majority of those "relaxed in person" from 1484 onwards were (relapsed Jews) or (heretics, but also often Jews). Use of the term in source material continues until 1659 or later. Examples: * . * '. * The noun form is (literally "relaxation in person"), but the noun form is primarily used by historians rather than contemporaries. Historians may also use the term anachronistically, for example as in the case of the last burning in Peru, that of Mariana de Castro, Lima, 1732.René Millar Carvacho ''La Inquisición de Lima: signos de su decadencia, 1726-1750'', Santiago, LOM Ediciones 2004 p78

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