The courts of the colony of Santo…
1511 CE
The courts of the colony of Santo Domingo are by a decree of Ferdinand II in 1511 placed under the jurisdiction of the Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo, the first court in the Americas, but due to disagreements between the governor of Hispaniola, Diego Colon and the Crown, it will not implemented until it is reestablished by Charles V in his decree of September 14, 1526.