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merced.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
merced.
Principal English Translation: 

grant, permission, or a grant of privilege or of land
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

yn mrd— Previlegio iuan cedulas (Mexico City, 1587)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 32.

ytla ça ytla merced mechitlanilli (sic) ca nocochiuazquia (Granada, Spain, 1598)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 33.

themes: 
Land Tenure