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LAND TITLES AND POSSESSION AND DOMINIO IDEAS IN CHARCAS AT THE END OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE COMPOSICIÓN OF SUCUSUMA VALLEY. VICEROYALTY OF PERU, 1592-1600

Abstract:

Based on the empirical case of Sucusuma valley, this article places the actions of the judges of composición and sale of land in the juridical order and judicial practice to analyze the notions of possession and dominio of lands in Charcas district at the end of the Sixteenth Century. First, it examines notions linked to the land titles exhibition ordered by the Crown in 1591 and its background in the district. Second, it studies the possession notions linked to the merced and composición of Sucusuma valley since the judicial process initiated by indigenous repartimiento of Chayanta. Finally it contrasts them with the judicial practice of Don Pedro Osores de Ulloa in Charcas to identify possession ideas in the viceroyalties spaces of the late Sixteenth Century.