Name
This document is identified in the existing copies as an auto de aceitação or termo de aceitação (see Diplomatic analysis – Reference and Dispositio).
The corresponding English term is based on Castro, 2013, p. 10, and Cunha & Cavalcanti, 2008, p. 155.
Specific bibliography
Unless otherwise stated, the following typological analysis is based on the diplomatic analysis of the document chosen to exemplify this document type.
Definition
Document giving a detailed and authentic account of the acceptance of a certain action or deed (definition based on Mendes, 2013, p. 138). In the case of entails, this acceptance focused on the conditions of succession determined by a foundation letter of a chantry or entail.
Author/producing institution
Notary or other scribe endowed with public faith for the drafting of documents (see Diplomatic analysis – Validation).
Recipient(s)
Person(s) acknowledging a specific action or written determination, namely the acceptance of the succession provisions contained in the foundational documents in the case of entails.
Processing
The issuing of this type of document depended on a previous petition to the king by the beneficiary and subsequent royal authorization.
Organization of documents of the same type/related documents
To have this document issued, the beneficiary presented a petition to the monarch requesting to have it prepared by a clerk (escrivão), which was ordered by means of a royal dispatch addressed to the latter, both transcribed in full (see the Diplomatic analysis – Expositio).