(a loanword from Spanish)
a chief constable; an officer who was a part of the town council (cabildo)
ponsension quimacatiuh yn alguacil mayor luis caravajal (Coyoacan, 1575)
franco alhuacil mayor (Tehuacan, 1642)
yhuan yxpantzinco mochihuaz yn alguacil mayor auh ynn aquin ytla quitoz jusa chihuilliloz telpilloyan tlalliloz. “And it will be done before the alguacil mayor, and whoever says anything (counter to it) will have justice done him and will be put in jail” (Cline & León- Portilla eds. 1983: 160). [annals (AHT, AJB, AP, AT, ZM), legal statement (TC 13, TC 45A), municipal council records (TA 207, TA Appendix), petition (CH), will (NI 2, NI 3, NI 8, TC 19, TC 41, TT 25, TT 52, TT 53, TT 54, TT 55, TT 79); time range: 1564–1822]
Sanno ypa xihuitl yn oquitzatzaca y mochi yn yey altepetl alcaldes regidores alhuasil mayores pasados y muchin y huehuetque ypanpa Otlatoque yyn governador don blas de galisia auh yehuatzin yn señor obispo oquinmoquixtili yn teylpilcalco. “In this same year they imprisoned all the past alcaldes, regidores and chief constables of the three altepetl, all the elders, because [the Spaniards favored?] the governor, don Blas de Galicia, but the lord bishop released them from jail” (Townsend ed. 2010: 114). [annals (AHT, AJB, AP, AT, ZM), legal statement (TC 13, TC 45A), municipal council records (TA 207, TA Appendix), petition (CH), will (NI 2, NI 3, NI 8, TC 19, TC 41, TT 25, TT 52, TT 53, TT 54, TT 55, TT 79); time range: 1564–1822]
yn tlatoani Don Ju. andres cobernador mo tequi panilhuia alcalde ton mateo lexitol mayol ton andres miquel ton Juan Diego alhuasil mayol, ton felipe de santiaco cobelnatol pasado ton fransisco de Bargas chicotencatl tlatoani chanè ipan altepetl acaiocan = Señores: Don Juan Andrés, Gobernador, que también era Alcalde; Don Mateo, Regidor Mayor; Don Andrés Miguel; Don Juan Diego, Alguacil Mayor; Don Felipe de Santiago, Gobernador pasado; Don Francisco de Vargas Xicotencatl, Gobernador y vecino en el pueblo de Acayocan (Estado de Hidalgo, ca. 1722?; parece relacionado con el corpus Techialoyan)