the judge who would assess guilt and give a sentence (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tetlatzontequiliani. juez que da sentencia, y juzga. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.