The customs of the natives (of Pampanga) in deciding matters of law or justice around the time Spaniards arrived

This document entitled "Instructions regarding the customs which the natives of Pampanga formerly observed in their lawsuits", was written, as is noted in the introduction that follows, so that Spanish magistrates might be guided by the customs of the natives in deciding matters of law or justice. It can be found from page 322 up to page 329 of the following:

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 16] Author: Blair, Emma Helen, ed. d.1911.

The document begins with the following introduction.