Capitulation (treaty)

The Capitulations of Santa Fe, signed between Christopher Columbus and the Catholic Monarchs of the Kingdom of Spain in 1492.^[1]

A capitulation is a treaty or unilateral contract by which a sovereign state relinquishes jurisdiction within its borders over the subjects of a foreign state. As a result, the foreign subjects are immune, for most civil and criminal purposes, from actions by courts and other governmental institutions in the state that makes the capitulation.^[2]

The term capitulation is derived from the Latin word caput.^[3]

^ MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER – Santa Fe Capitulations. Ref N̊ 2006-42^{[permanent dead link]} Discussion of the historical significance of the document, history, translation of text.
^ Chisholm 1911a.
^ The Low-Latin diminutive of caput is capitulum, as indicating the form in which these acts were set down in chapters; the Greek equivalent, cephaleosis, is occasionally used in works of the 17th century.^{[citation needed]}

[1] MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER – Santa Fe Capitulations. Ref N̊ 2006-42^{[permanent dead link]} Discussion of the historical significance of the document, history, translation of text.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911a-2] Chisholm 1911a.

[3] The Low-Latin diminutive of caput is capitulum, as indicating the form in which these acts were set down in chapters; the Greek equivalent, cephaleosis, is occasionally used in works of the 17th century.^{[citation needed]}

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