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

burnt at the stake Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning agai ...

" in the records of the

Spanish Inquisition The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition () was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile and lasted until 1834. It began toward the end of ...

, since the church tribunal could not execute death sentences. The majority of those "relaxed in person" from 1484 onwards were (relapsed Jews or Muslims) or (heretics, but also often Jews and Muslims). 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 LOM Ediciones («Lom», means in yaghan language: «sun») is a Chilean press based in Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It ...

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