the state of the court case being tried (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
ye oncan yauh. estado dela causa o del pleyto que se trata. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 35v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.