a title, "Raining Blood" or "Shedder of Blood," an executioner; an advisor to the supreme leader of the Aztecs; an officer of the court, appearing in the Codex Mendoza (lamina 66, figure 10) and mentioned in Sahagún (Book 2, 106; see also Book 8)
Thirteen judges named as working with the highest ruler on the most difficult legal cases: Ciuacoatl (Cihuacoatl), Tlacochcalcatl, Uitznauatlailotlac (Huitznahuatlailotlac), Ticociauacatl (Ticociahuacatl), Pochtecatlailotlac, Ezuauacatl (Ecihuahuacatl), Mexicatl Tezcacoacatl, Acatliacapanecatl, Milnauatl (Milnahuatl), Atlauhcatl, Ticociauacatl (Ticociahuacatl), Ciuatecpanecatl (Cihuatecpanecatl), and Tequixquinaoacatl (Tequixquinahuacatl). (central Mexico, sixteenth century)