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Sp. In Spanish law, an officer appointed to make inquiry, put a petitioner in possession of land prayed for, and execute the orders of the executive in that behalf. See Lecompte v. U. S., 11 How. 115, 120, 13 L. Ed. 027.
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Sp. In Spanish law, an officer appointed to make inquiry, put a petitioner in possession of land prayed for, and execute the orders of the executive in that behalf. See Lecompte v. U. S., 11 How. 115, 120, 13 L. Ed. 027.