Instruccion sobre las ventas y enagenaciones de tierra de indios (Mexico, 23 February 1781)

A general order of the audiencia of Mexico voiding every sale, loan, pledge or lease of indigenous land made without licence, including sales between Indians and sales of land held by private inheritance rather than by community grant. Notaries and district justices who drew such instruments faced a 500-peso fine and loss of office, buyers lost the purchase price, and the order was to be cried by bando in Castilian and in the language of each district.