Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in The birth of New Spain.
A legal logic used by colonial administrators to acknowledge the King's authority while refusing to implement specific laws deemed impractical locally.
"I obey but I cannot comply" (Obedezco pero no cumplo) appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest (1519–1535), especially The birth of New Spain and Nature and impact of Spanish rule.
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